Quote of the Day for 2016-07-18

"Unreason and anti-intellectualism abominate thought. Thinking implies disagreement; and disagreement implies nonconformity; and nonconformity implies heresy; and heresy implies disloyalty—so, obviously, thinking must be stopped. But shouting is not a substitute for thinking and reason is not the subversion but the salvation of freedom."

— Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) Call to Greatness (1954)

Michele Bachmann speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. (February 10, 2011) Photograph by Alex Brandon

Quote of the Day for 2016-07-08

"Think before you speak. Read before you think."

— Fran Lebowitz (1950-    ) "Tips for Teens," "My Turn" column in Newsweek (January 1, 1979)

Caricature of an angry Donald Trump by DonkeyHotey (July 4, 2015)

Quote of the Day for 2016-06-08

"Be careful what you swallow. Chew!"

— Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) Commencement address at Buena Vista University. Quoted in Time magazine (June 12, 1995)

Aimee Semple McPherson (left) leading a service during the annual Four Square Gospel Church Convention at the Angelus Temple in Echo Park (1942) Photo source: Los Angeles Examiner

Quote of the Day for 2016-04-17

"It is in human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion."

— Anatole France (1844-1924) "Le Petit Bonhomme," La Nouvelle Revue (1883) Le Livre de Mon Ami (1885)

Blill Clinton hugs Monica Lewinsky at a Democratic Party fundraising event in Washington, D.C. (October 23, 1996) Photograph by Dirck Halstead

Quote of the Day for 2015-10-16

"The working of great administrations is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self-interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought."

— Giorgio de Santillana (1902-1974) The Crime of Galileo

Political cartoon by John Cameron, mocking President Lincoln and his cabinet. Published by Currier and Ives. (c. 1864)

Quote of the Day for 2015-08-31

"Where all think alike, no one thinks very much."

— Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) The Stakes of Diplomacy

A flock of sheep, photographed on June 3, 2014 in Karsdorf, Germany by Jan Woitas (DPA/AFP/Getty Images)