RNS Quote of the Day: 06/17/11

We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear — unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called ‘the insolence of elected persons’ — in a word, free men.

Gerald W. Johnson

Well, some may be reluctant to admit that.

I am not.

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2 Responses to RNS Quote of the Day: 06/17/11

  1. Tango says:

    I’m with you, Phil! Nobody got s*** to happen just by sitting around doing what is being told of them all the time.

  2. Bram says:

    On my good days, I like to think I am one of those men.

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