To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
The term 'the American Left' is as near to being meaningless or nonsensical as any term could really be in politics. It isn't really a force in politics anymore. And it would do well to ask itself why that is.