Foreign rightwing fundamentalists attacked the United States. Domestic rightwing fundamentalists took the spotlight. And everywhere, progressives, liberals, and moderates either fell in behind them, or retreated into the shadows . . . We have seen the consequences.

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Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would...

Were the radical democratic impulses of the American Revolution still driving US politics, it would...

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

If history has ended, it has been stopped at remarkable cost to the average US...

Democracy demands an opposition party.

Democracy demands an opposition party.

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers...

You cant put democracy and freedom back into a box.

You cant put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.

Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their...

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their...

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The office of president is a bastardized thing, half royalty and half democracy, that nobody...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

A democracy is as really a republic as on oak a tree, or a temple...

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions

You get fifteen Democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this...

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Everything that steel achieves in war can be won in politics by eloquence.

Everything that steel achieves in war can be won in politics by eloquence.