Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) moved from a legitimate to a charismatic role, reversing the course followed by Washington. Yet therewere surface similarities in their careers. Both led military rebellions against English monarchs--Cromwell against Charles I, Washington against George III. Each took… — Garry Wills Copy Share Image
There is a particular danger with a war that God commands. What if God should lose? — Garry Wills Copy Share
I have been an outsider in journalism and in the academy, because I never fully belonged to any of them. — Garry Wills Copy Share
Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms,… — Garry Wills Copy Share
“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The… — Garry Wills Copy Share
There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their… — Garry Wills Copy Share
The leader is one who mobilizes others toward a goal shared by leader and followers. — Garry Wills Copy Share
Religion embarrasses the commentators. It is offbounds. An editor of the old Life magazine once assigned me a book on religion with remark that… — Garry Wills Copy Share
I don't really write for an audience. I just write what the subject seems to me to require. — Garry Wills Copy Share
Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The national security… — Garry Wills Copy Share
To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit. — Garry Wills Copy Share
Politicians make good company for a while just as children do - their self-enjoyment is contagious. But they soon exhaust their favourite subjects -… — Garry Wills Copy Share
The romantic artist, off alone in his storm-battered castle, fuming whole worlds from his brain, reflects his culture's most persistent myth, of God creating… — Garry Wills Copy Share
