Tag: Politics
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All Men Having Power Ought to be Mistrusted
Glade by the Sea by Frederick Ballard Williams “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” “If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it…
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QUOTE: “. . .the people shake off their state of dependence just long enough to select their master and then relapse into it again.” Alexis de Tocqueville
“I seek to trace the novel features under which despotism may appear in the world. The first thing that strikes the observation is an innumerable multitude of men, all equal and alike, incessantly endeavoring to procure the petty and paltry pleasures with which they glut their lives. Each of them, living apart, is as a…
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“Be still and the earth will speak to you.” Navajo Proverb
FEMA denies Colorado mine spill emergency declaration requested by the Navajo Nation.
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How The Civil War Changed The World
“Even while the Civil War raged, slaves in Cuba could be heard singing, “Avanza, Lincoln, avanza! Tu eres nuestra esperanza!” (Onward, Lincoln, Onward! You are our hope!) – as if they knew, even before the soldiers fighting the war far to the North and long before most politicians understood, that the war in America would…
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“The acutest, the astutest, the archest enemy of southern slavery that ever existed”
John Quincy Adams. Shall we bow our heads for an early nap before discussing a white dead president? It’s kind of superficial to judge a person because they’re white and dead, don’t you think? John Quincy was pretty cute (okay that’s superficial) as a young guy, but he was much more than that. You know…
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“There is no such thing, at this date of the world’s history, in America, as an independent press. You know it and I know it.” John Swinton 1880
“One night, probably in 1880, John Swinton, then the preeminent New York journalist, was the guest of honour at a banquet given him by the leaders of his craft. Someone who knew neither the press nor Swinton offered a toast to the independent press. Swinton outraged his colleagues by replying: ‘There is no such thing,…
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Last of the Mohicans
Is private property a good thing? I happen to think it is. Have you ever noticed how public beaches are always disgusting? No one takes pride of ownership. I’ve heard people say after throwing some trash around, “that’s why we pay taxes.” Since at least Biblical times there’s been a tension in history between communitarian-ism…
Author Adrienne Morris 