Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and gone.

Quote by Adam Clayton Powell

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Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.

Freedom is an internal achievement rather than an external adjustment.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

A man's home is his castle, and his wife is the janitor

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of...

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products

All great ideas are dangerous.

All great ideas are dangerous.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our...

The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

An idea must not be condemned for being a little shy and incoherent; all new...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea