Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.Source: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - Charles Mackay (1841)
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other, wings.Hodding Carter (Unsourced, Apparently borrowed from Reverend Henry Ward Beecher)
After each war there is a little less democracy left to save.Brooks Atkinson
We...are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant.Charley Reese (Unsourced)
I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the leastDorothy Day (unsourced)
History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse.Eric Alterman (1993, Sound and Fury)
Considering the data, one might conclude that the police are a greater danger to the public than are criminals.Paul Craig Roberts (2/5/2011 "Americans are Oppressed, Too")
They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.Ernest Hemingway (1935, Notes on the Next War)
No president should fear public scrutiny of his program, for from that scrutiny comes understanding, and from that understanding comes support or opposition; and both are necessary. ... Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed—and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian law-maker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment.John F. Kennedy (April 27, 1961 - "President and the Press" Speech)
America is a nation of openness, boldness and risk-taking. Close this nation, cow it, constrict it and you unravel its magic.Roger Cohen (11/26/2010, New York Times, "The Real Threat to America")
Li Deshui from Beijing's Economic Commission said a string of Asian states share China's "deep bitterness" over dollar debasement, and are examining ways of teaming up to insulate themselves from the tsunami of US liquidity.Ambrose Evans-Pritchard (04/11/2010, In discussion about Quantitative Easing 2)
You could say it's the process by which the system assures that no qualified person serves on a jury – or the process by which we make sure to get the dregs of society's barrel instead of the cream of society's crop.Louis James
If you want government to intervene domestically, you’re a liberal. If you want government to intervene overseas, you’re a conservative. If you want government to intervene everywhere, you’re a moderate. If you don’t want government to intervene anywhere, you’re an extremist.
