Isabel Paterson

“The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action”. –Isabel Paterson

James Thurber

“There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else”. –James Thurber

Henry Steele Commager

“The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted”. –Henry Steele Commager

Theodore Dreiser

“If I were to personally define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstance”. –Theodore Dreiser

Walter Lippmann

“A State is absolute in the sense which I have in mind when it claims the right to a monopoly of all the force within the community, to make war, to make peace, to conscript life, to tax, to establish and dis-establish property, to define crime, to punish disobedience, to control education, to supervise the family, to regulate habits, and to censor opinions. The modern State claims all of these powers, and, in the matter of theory, there is no real difference in the size of the claim between communists, fascists, and democrats”. –Walter Lippmann

Paul Harvey

“In times like these, it’s helpful to remember that there have always been times like these”. –Paul Harvey

Jack London

“I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot… The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time”. –Jack London

Peter Jennings

“This role is designed to question the behavior of government officials on behalf of the public. I think people who have done this, and all jobs in journalism, have believed that”. –Peter Jennings