“Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.”~William Allen White American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement William Allen White was born on this day in 1868.
“Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.”~William Allen White American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement William Allen White was born on this day in 1868.
“There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man’s lawful prey.”~John Ruskin English polymath, a writer, lecturer, art historian, art critic, draughtsman, and philanthropist John Ruskin was born on this day in 1819.
“When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism.”~Sinclair Lewis American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright Sinclair Lewis was born on this day in 1885.
“Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege.”~John Edward Christopher Hill English Marxist historian and academic John Edward Christopher Hill was born on this day in 1912.
“Journalism’s ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.”~Arthur Ochs Sulzberger American publisher and businessman Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was born on this day in 1926.
“There comes a point when a man must refuse to answer to his leader if he is also to answer to his own conscience.”~Hartley William Shawcross English barrister and Labour politician Hartley William Shawcross was born on this day in 1902.
“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy: hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.”~Frederick William Robertson English clergyman Frederick William Robertson was born on this day in 1816.
“We should not forget, no matter how we quantify it: ‘Freedom is not free.’ It is a painful lesson, but one from which we have learned in the past and one we should never forget.”~Paul Gillmor American politician Paul Gillmor was born on this day in 1939.
“The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They always did…they always will. They will have the same effect here as elsewhere, if we do not, by the power of government, keep them in their proper spheres.”~Gouverneur Morris American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to … Continue reading Random Quote for January 31, 2025
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”~Saul Alinsky American community activist and political theorist Saul Alinsky was born on this day in 1909.
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