In my email signature I have the quote, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." It's widely attributed to Sinclair Lewis, but achinhibitor asked me whether I could find a citation. When I added the quote to my .sigfile, I remember finding something that seemed like a reasonably good source, but I can't find it ( Read more... )

"Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo."

-- H.G. Wells,

"We can choose between hating our neighbors or feeling kindly toward them. We can avenge or forgive. We can participate in political life; we can also leave politics to the demagogues. We can help the suffering, the ill, the unfortunate; we can let them die. We can encourage the search for truth and free expression of ideas or we can join in the ( Read more... )