Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

Politics thrives on simple, clean messages, something that played to Obama's advantage in 2008. Stagnant unemployment and the loss of America's AAA rating are as simple and tough as they come. This is the economy on Obama's watch, and there's no one left to blame.

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.

I've always had a Marxist understanding of history: democracy is a result of a broad modernization process that happens in every country. Neocons think the use of political power can force the pace of change, but ultimately it depends on societies doing it themselves.