Quotes
10 February, 2017
Regarding recent political events...
Some quotes I've been seeing around ever since there was such a thing as "President Trump"
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
-- Theodore Roosevelt
And this
Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
-- George Orwell, 1984
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
-- George Orwell, 1984
The indifference about the distinction between truth and lies is the precondition of fascism. When truth perishes so does freedom
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) February 3, 2017