The Passion For Tidiness Is The Historian's

I Trust That A Graduate Student Some Day Will Write A Doctoral Essay On The Influence Of The Munich Analogy On The Subsequent History Of The Twentieth Century. Perhaps In The End He Will Conclude That The Multitude Of Errors Committed In The Name Of Munich May Exceed The Original Error Of 1938.

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 Most Americans The Constitution Had Become A Hazy Document, Cited Like The Bible On Ceremonial Occasions But Forgotten In The Daily Transactions Of Life.

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

Honest History Is The Weapon Of Freedom.