Quote of the Day for 2016-07-26

"Charlatanism of some degree is indispensable to effective leadership. There can be no mass movement without some deliberate misrepresentation of facts."

— Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) The True Believer, part 3, section 91 (1951)

Donald Trump accepting the nomination of the Republican Party at their national convention in Cleveland, Ohio (July 21, 2016) Photograph by Brian Snyder

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-24

"It is astonishing what force, purity, and wisdom it requires for a human being to keep clear of falsehoods."

— Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) Journal entry, "Cambridge, July 1842"

Portrait of a young man representing the nativist ideal of the Know Nothing party (1854)

Quote of the Day for 2016-05-17

"Debts and lies are generally mixed together."

— François Rabelais (circa 1483-1553) Gargantua and Pantagruel, book 3, chapter 5 (1546)

Salanio and Salarino meet Shylock by Sir John Gilbert (1873) from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare