WIST Quotations

Mencken, H. L. -- “Mr. Mencken Sounds Off,” interview, LIFE Magazine (5 Aug 1946)

Dave — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:44:04 +0000

The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians.

H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American writer and journalist [Henry Lewis Mencken]
“Mr. Mencken Sounds Off,” interview, LIFE Magazine (5 Aug 1946)
(Source)

Emerson, Ralph Waldo -- Journal (1857, Spring)

Dave — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:54:04 +0000

The hater of property and of government takes care to have his warranty deed recorded, and the book written against Fame and learning has the author’s name on the title page.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Journal (1857, Spring)
(Source)

See Cicero.

Roosevelt, Eleanor -- Speech (1950-04-02), Americans for Democratic Action

Dave — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:51:34 +0000

The day I’m afraid to sit down with people I do not know because five years from now someone will say five of those people were Communists and therefore you are a Communist — that will be a bad day.
I want to be able to sit down with anyone who may have a new idea and not be afraid of contamination by association. In a democracy you must be able to meet with people and argue your point of view — people whom you have not screened beforehand. That must be part of the freedom of people in the United States.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Speech (1950-04-02), Americans for Democratic Action
(Source)

On the rise of McCarthyism in the US.