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Henry Steele Commager

July 19, 2010 – 8:36 pm
Posted in Activists, America, Authors, Civil Rights Movement, Editors, Historians, Journalists
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“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

Alfred Austin

“Is life worth living? Yes, so long As there is wrong to right”. –Alfred Austin

Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Long, long may it be, ere he comes again! His hour is one of darkness, and adversity, and peril”. –Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nicolas Chamfort

“I once read that there’s nothing worse for everyone concerned than a reign that’s lasted too long. I’ve also heard that God is eternal”. –Nicolas Chamfort

Zachary Taylor

“For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory”. –Zachary Taylor

George Washington

“Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life”. –George Washington

Emil Cioran

“For you who no longer possess it, freedom is everything, for us who do, it is merely an illusion”. –Emil Cioran

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than find as quickly as possible someone to worship”. –Fyodor Dostoyevsky