Liberty is the luxury of self-discipline.

Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization.

— Will Durant

“There is a luxury in self-reproach.”

— Oscar Wilde

There is a luxury in self-dispraise; And inward self-disparagement affords To meditative spleen a grateful feast.

— William Wordsworth

“There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence of it.”

— Mitch Landrieu

“During the settling of the American colonies, it was said that the Spaniards would first build a church, the Dutch would first build a…

— Mark Jones

“The problem is that we tend too often to read Lincoln's growth backward, as an unproblematic trajectory toward a predetermined end. This enables scholars…

— Eric Foner

“The main difference between a lawyer and a prostitute is that a prostitute won't screw you after you're dead.”

— Mark Jones

“In Charleston, temperance is a four letter word.”

— Mark Jones

“The 80's in America were about building a better future here in America. We came into the generation dancing. We saw an explosion of…

— Phil Mitchell

“Charleston is not the center of the universe, but it should be. That is the persistent perception of many locals.”

— Mark Jones

“We need a new, deeper appreciation of the ethnic histories of the American people, not a reduction of American history to ethnic histories.”

— Anonymous

“A history of the working class in the United States should, first of all, give a sense of what is meant by "the working…

— Paul Le Blanc

“These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional,…

— Mitch Landrieu

“the city is full of three types of people, the first being soldiers, the other classes are politicians and prostitutes, both very numerous, and…

— Mark Jones

“The Nazi salute was performed by public officials in the USA from 1892 through 1942. The researcher Dr. Rex Curry asks 'What happened to…

— Micky Barnetti