Honest History Is The Weapon

If We Are To Survive, We Must Have Ideas, Vision, And Courage. These Things Are Rarely Produced By Committees. Everything That Matters In Our Intellectual And Moral Life Begins With An Individual Confronting His Own Mind And Conscience In A Room By Himself.

For History Is To The Nation As Memory Is To The Individual.

Total Separation Of Church And State Was Considered The Best Safeguard For The Health Of Each. As [andrew] Jackson Explained, In Refusing To Name A Fast Day, He Feared To 'disturb The Security Which Religion Now Enjoys In This Country, In Its Complete Separation From The Political Concerns Of The General Government.'

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.

Expelled From Individual Consciousness By The Rush Of Change, History Finds Its Revenge By Stamping The Collective Unconsciousness With Habits And Values.