Andrew Sullivan on slavery

The essence of romantic love is not the company of a lover but the pursuit.

Errors are inevitable. The mark of character is not refusing to recognize them, but acknowledging them and taking responsibility.

In terms of our liberal democracy and constitutional order, Trump is an extinction-level event. It’s long past time we started treating him as such.

This country was built on rape, slavery, murder, degradation and affiliation with crime.

Mike Tysonborn 1966

• America

Before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, we were here. Before the pen of Jefferson etched across the pages of history the majestic words of the Declaration of Independence, we were here. If the inexpressible cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail.

Martin Luther King Jr.1929–1968

• Race

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

Augustine of Hippo354–430

• Freedom
• Virtue