Writers of history have been too apt to ascribe the great results which have been accomplished in [the United States], to the influence of prominent persons, and to overlook the strength, wisdom and power of a popular sense which those prominent persons have but obeyed…
The American Revolution was not the result of a passionate outcry of Patrick Henry, or James Otis. Constitutional liberty is no mushroom, springing up in a night. It is an oaken growth, slowly adding ring to ring, through many a summer’s heat and winter’s cold.
The American Revolution was not the result of a passionate outcry of Patrick Henry, or James Otis. Constitutional liberty is no mushroom, springing up in a night. It is an oaken growth, slowly adding ring to ring, through many a summer’s heat and winter’s cold.
–Senator George Frisbie Hoar (R-MA), speaking in 1884, at a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the naming of Worchester, MA
About a month ago, Washington Examiner columnist David Freddoso headlined a brief summary of the latest news from Libya with the words “Going Badly In Libya.” Today’s headline could be: “From Bad To Worse.”
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