In America, the land of the permanent revolution, ulcers and cancer often become, for the men at the top, the contemporary equivalent of the guillotine.

Quote by Ted Morgan

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Revolution Quotes

He seemed embalmed in hatred.

He seemed embalmed in hatred.

[It is a story] to satisfy the expectations of the average man, who wants awful...

[It is a story] to satisfy the expectations of the average man, who wants awful...

The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression...

The elective system offered a bewildering freedom of choice, leaving some graduates with the impression...

When I slept, armies of footnotes marched across my dreams in close-order drill.

When I slept, armies of footnotes marched across my dreams in close-order drill.

The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others,...

The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others,...

Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not...

Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not...

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate...

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to...

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can...

Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can...

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States...

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States...

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you...

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you...

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

I dont know much about Americanism, but its a damn good word with which to...

I dont know much about Americanism, but its a damn good word with which to...

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in...

The American people must be willing to give up a degree of personal privacy in...

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

Being an American is about having the right to be who you are. Sometimes that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that...

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our...

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our...

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment: but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of...

Food, one assumes, provides nourishment: but Americans eat it fully aware that small amounts of...

The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone...

The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...