“ What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. ”
What gunpowder did for war, the printing press has done for the mind.
~ Wendell Phillips
How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.
When I want to find the vanguard of the people I look to the uneasy dreams of an aristocracy and find what they dread most.
You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70 or given up all hope of the Presidency.