“Behind the big names of twentieth-century literature there stands a shadow cabinet of writers waiting to take over once the Wind of Change has blown. My own vote goes to Hugh Kingsmill as leader of this opposition.” BigsLiteratureNamesWaitingMy OwnBehindsLeaderCenturyWindShadowVoteOppositionTwentieth CenturyCabinetsWinds Of Change Author:Hugh Kingsmill
“I would rather quit public life at seventy, and quit it forever, than to retain public life at a sacrifice to my own self-respect. I will not vote for any law which will make fair for me and foul for another. The blacklist is the most cruel form of oppression ever devised by man for the infliction of suffering upon his weaker fellows.” MenSelfFormLawSufferingMy OwnForeverSacrificeFairsVoteFellowsQuittingOppressionSelf RespectSeventiesFoulPublic LifeInfliction Author:Joseph Gurney Cannon
“If any doubt has arisen as to me, my country [Virginia] will have my political creed in the form of a "Declaration &c." which I was lately directed to draw. This will give decisive proof that my own sentiment concurred with the vote they instructed us to give.” IfsGivingCountryFormPoliticalMy OwnDoubtDrawsVoteProofSentimentsCreedsDeclarationVirginia Book:The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1771 - 1779, the Summary View, and the Declaration of Independence