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  1. A quotation from Henry Commager

    A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

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    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

  2. A quotation from Henry Commager

    A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

  3. A quotation from Henry Commager

    A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

  4. A quotation from Henry Commager

    A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

  5. A quotation from Henry Commager

    A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

  6. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom

  7. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom

  8. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom

  9. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom

  10. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We do not need to fear ideas, but the censorship of ideas. We do not need to fear criticism, but the silencing of criticism. We do not need to fear excitement or agitation in the academic community, but timidity and apathy. We do not need to fear resistance to political leaders, but unquestioning acquiescence in whatever policies those leaders adopt.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1965-12-18), “The Problem of Dissent,” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #agitation #apathy #censorship #criticism #dissent #intellectualfreedom #resistance #silencing #timidity #academicfreedom

  11. A quotation from Thoreau

    The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)

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  12. A quotation from Thoreau

    The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)

    More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #acquiescence #despair #desperation #discouragement #hopelessness #joylessness #melancholy #misery #resignation #submission #unhappiness

  13. A quotation from Thoreau

    The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 1 “Economy” (1854)

    More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoreau #henrydavidthoreau #walden #acquiescence #despair #desperation #discouragement #hopelessness #joylessness #melancholy #misery #resignation #submission #unhappiness

  14. A quotation from Wendell Berry

    We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our country to be destroyed? Why else would we be rewarding its destroyers? Why else would we all — by proxies we have given to greedy corporations and corrupt politicians — be participating in its destruction? Most of us are still too sane to piss in our own cistern, but we allow others to do so and we reward them for it. We reward them so well, in fact, that those who piss in our cistern are wealthier than the rest of us.

    Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
    Essay (1970-01-01), “Compromise, Hell!” Orion Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81189/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #America #bigbusiness #economicinjustice #environment #politics #pollution #profit #selfdestruction #wealth #submission #acquiescence

  15. A quotation from Wendell Berry

    We Americans are not usually thought to be a submissive people, but of course we are. Why else would we allow our country to be destroyed? Why else would we be rewarding its destroyers? Why else would we all — by proxies we have given to greedy corporations and corrupt politicians — be participating in its destruction? Most of us are still too sane to piss in our own cistern, but we allow others to do so and we reward them for it. We reward them so well, in fact, that those who piss in our cistern are wealthier than the rest of us.

    Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
    Essay (1970-01-01), “Compromise, Hell!” Orion Magazine

    More about this quote: wist.info/berry-wendell/81189/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wendellberry #America #bigbusiness #economicinjustice #environment #politics #pollution #profit #selfdestruction #wealth #submission #acquiescence

  16. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  17. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  18. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  19. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  20. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 203 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/81117/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #acceptability #acquiescence #cowardice #cowardliness #fashion #fear #respectability #socialcontract #socialill #timidity #weakness

  21. A quotation from Orwell

    I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance

  22. A quotation from Orwell

    I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance

  23. A quotation from Orwell

    I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance

  24. A quotation from Orwell

    I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance

  25. A quotation from Orwell

    I believe that it is better even from the point of view of survival to fight and be conquered than to surrender without fighting.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1942-08), “Looking Back on the Spanish War, ch. 6, Such, Such Were the Joys, essay 8 (1953)

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81016/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgeorwell #orwell #spanishcivilwar #acquiescence #fighting #resistance #struggling #surrender #survival #acceptance

  26. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination. In politics party-organization saves us the pains of much thinking before deciding how to cast our vote. In religious matters there are great multitudes watching us perpetually, each propagandist ready with his bundle of finalities, which having accepted we may be at peace. The more absolute the submission demanded, the stronger the temptation becomes to those who have been long tossed among doubts and conflicts.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1860-09), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 18, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 35

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  27. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination. In politics party-organization saves us the pains of much thinking before deciding how to cast our vote. In religious matters there are great multitudes watching us perpetually, each propagandist ready with his bundle of finalities, which having accepted we may be at peace. The more absolute the submission demanded, the stronger the temptation becomes to those who have been long tossed among doubts and conflicts.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1860-09), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 18, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 35

    More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

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  28. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination. In politics party-organization saves us the pains of much thinking before deciding how to cast our vote. In religious matters there are great multitudes watching us perpetually, each propagandist ready with his bundle of finalities, which having accepted we may be at peace. The more absolute the submission demanded, the stronger the temptation becomes to those who have been long tossed among doubts and conflicts.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1860-09), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 18, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 35

    More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #acquiescence #burden #choice #decisionmaking #doubt #duty #following #freedom #habit #liberty #obedience #orthodoxy #politicalparties #selfconflict #submission #surrender #compliance

  29. A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

    Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves that necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded. In common life we shirk it by forming habits, which take the place of self-determination. In politics party-organization saves us the pains of much thinking before deciding how to cast our vote. In religious matters there are great multitudes watching us perpetually, each propagandist ready with his bundle of finalities, which having accepted we may be at peace. The more absolute the submission demanded, the stronger the temptation becomes to those who have been long tossed among doubts and conflicts.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
    Article (1860-09), “The Professor’s Story [Elsie Venner],” ch. 18, Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 35

    More info about this quote: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

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  30. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”

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  31. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence

  32. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence

  33. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence

  34. “After years watching #Hungary suffocate under the weight of its #democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a #strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their #acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

    Opinion | I Watched It Happen ...

  35. “After years watching #Hungary suffocate under the weight of its #democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a #strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their #acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

    Opinion | I Watched It Happen ...

  36. A quotation from Cicero

    He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
     
    [Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]

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    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude

  37. A quotation from Cicero

    He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
     
    [Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude

  38. A quotation from Cicero

    He won over the ignorant masses with shows, building projects, largesses, and banquets. His followers he bound to him by rewards, his opponents by an apparent clemency. In short, he succeeded in bringing a free country, partly because of its fear, partly because of its passivity, to an acceptance of servitude.
     
    [Muneribus, monumentis, congiariis, epulis multitudinem imperitam delenierat; suos praemiis, adversarios clementiae specie devinxerat. Quid multa? Attulerat iam liberae civitati partim metu partim patientia consuetudinem serviendi.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 2, ch. 45 / sec. 116 (2.45/2.116) (44-10-24 BC) [tr. Berry (2006)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #juliuscaesar #acquiescence #breadandcircuses #freedom #masses #passivity #politicalpower #populace #power #rewards #servitude

  39. A quotation from John Adams

    We see, by the Sketches I have given you, that all the great Kingdoms of Europe have once been free. But that they have lost their Liberties, by the Ignorance, the Weakness, the Inconstancy, and Disunion of the People. Let Us guard against these dangers, let us be firm and stable, as wise as Serpents and as harmless as Doves, but as daring and intrepid as Heroes.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77514/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #acquiescence #disunity #freedom #ignorance #liberty #thepeople #tyranny #wethepeople #weakness

  40. A quotation from John Adams

    We see, by the Sketches I have given you, that all the great Kingdoms of Europe have once been free. But that they have lost their Liberties, by the Ignorance, the Weakness, the Inconstancy, and Disunion of the People. Let Us guard against these dangers, let us be firm and stable, as wise as Serpents and as harmless as Doves, but as daring and intrepid as Heroes.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

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  41. A quotation from John Adams

    We see, by the Sketches I have given you, that all the great Kingdoms of Europe have once been free. But that they have lost their Liberties, by the Ignorance, the Weakness, the Inconstancy, and Disunion of the People. Let Us guard against these dangers, let us be firm and stable, as wise as Serpents and as harmless as Doves, but as daring and intrepid as Heroes.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/77514/

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  42. A quotation from Molly Ivins

    Whatever you do, don’t give up. Because all you can do once you’ve given up is bitch.

    Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
    Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism Review

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76698/

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  43. A quotation from Molly Ivins

    Whatever you do, don’t give up. Because all you can do once you’ve given up is bitch.

    Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
    Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism Review

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76698/

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  44. A quotation from Molly Ivins

    Whatever you do, don’t give up. Because all you can do once you’ve given up is bitch.

    Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
    Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism Review

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76698/

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