Quote of the Day for 2016-09-25

"Our supreme governors, the mob."

— Horace Walpole (1717-1797) Letter to Sir Horace Mann (September 7, 1743)

Governor Orval Faubus speaking to the crowd protesting against the integration of Little Rock Central High School (August 20, 1959) Photograph by John T. Bledsoe

Quote of the Day for 2016-08-20

"This world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."

— Horace Walpole (1717-1797) Letter to Sir Horace Mann (December 31, 1769)

Charlie Chaplin in Shoulder Arms (1918)