America’s old republic was born of rebellion against Britain’s more ancient monarchy. Yet, by strange fate, the passage of time has only joined America and Britain more closely together in war and peace.
~ David Frum via The Atlantic
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America’s old republic was born of rebellion against Britain’s more ancient monarchy. Yet, by strange fate, the passage of time has only joined America and Britain more closely together in war and peace.
~ David Frum via The Atlantic
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Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
~ Henry James
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Panic at the thought of doing a thing is a challenge to do it.
― Henry S. Haskins
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The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through.
~ Alexis de Tocqueville
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Our moral thinking is much more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth.
~ Jonathan Haidt
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It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.
~ G. K. Chesterton
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