If our democracy is to flourish, it must have criticism; if our government is to function it must have dissent.
Henry Steele CommagerWhether history will judge this war to be different or not we cannot say. But this we can say with certainty: A government and a society that silences those who dissent is one that has lost its way.
Henry Steele CommagerEducation is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
Henry Steele CommagerAnd we wonder what can be that 'philosophy of education' which believes that young people can be trained to the duties of citizenship by wrapping their minds in cotton wool.
Henry Steele CommagerIt is sobering to recall that though the Japanese relocation program, carried through at such incalculable cost in misery and tragedy, was justified on the ground that the Japanese were potentially disloyal, the record does not disclose a single case of Japanese disloyalty or sabotage during the whole war.
Henry Steele Commager