History, In The End, Becomes A Form

Troubles Impending Always Seem Worse Than Troubles Surmounted, But This Does Not Prove That They Really Are.

The Great Religious Ages Were Notable For Their Indifference To Human Rights... Not Only For Acquiescence In Poverty, Inequality, Exploitation And Oppression, But Also For Enthusiastic Justifications For Slavery, Persecution, Abandonment Of Small Children, Torture, And Genocide... Moreover, Religion Enshrined Hierarchy, Authority, And Inequality... It Was The Age Of Equality That Brought About The Disappearance Of Such Religious Appurtenances As The Auto-da-fe And Burning At The Stake.

For History Is To The Nation As Memory Is To The Individual.

Every President Reconstructs The Presidency To Meet His Own Psychological Needs.

The Only President Who Clearly Died Of Overwork Was Polk, And That Was A Long Time Ago. Hoover, Who Worked Intensely And Humorlessly As President, Lived For More Than Thirty Years After The White House; Truman, Who Worked Intensely And Gaily, Lived For Twenty