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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Surrender is rarely good strategy.

Surrender is rarely good strategy.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

Retreat usually leads to defeat.

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...

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...

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...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to...

There are two things which a democratic people will always find very difficult - to...

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only...

The greatest blessing of our democracy is freedom. But in the last analysis, our only...

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

Democracy is Mob Rule with Income Taxes

I don't need to hear public comment. I am the public!

I don't need to hear public comment. I am the public!

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can...

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can...

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly...

I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly...

The silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

The silent majority is silent, and that is best for everybody.

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality...

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't...

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to...

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to...

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken