Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Republics, like other forms of government, exist in history and can rise and fall. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
What we ended up with, from Bill Clinton onward, is a status quo party and an 'undo the system' party, where the… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
The aspiring tyrants of today have not forgotten the lesson of 1933: that acts of terror - real or fake, provoked or… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
The 20th century shows that the form of government that we take for granted, a constitutional democratic republic with checks and balances… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
We think about democracy, and that's the word that Americans love to use, 'democracy,' and that's how we characterize our system. But… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Democracy only has substance if there's the rule of law. That is, if people believe that the votes are going to be… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
The Constitution is worth saving, the rule of law is worth saving, democracy is worth saving, but these things can and will… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
If we don't have access to facts, we can't trust each other. Without trust, there's no law. Without law, there's no democracy. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
It is aspiring tyrants who say that 'civil liberties end when an attack on our safety begins.' Conversely, leaders who wish to preserve the… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Americans can accept that the American Dream will not work out for them; what has been heartbreaking for so many is the sense that… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Defend an institution. Follow the courts or the media, or a court or a newspaper. Do not speak of 'our institutions' unless you are… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Courage does not mean not fearing or not grieving. It does mean recognizing and resisting terror management right away, from the moment of the… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
In rhetoric and action, the Trump administration has aggrandized 'radical Islamic terror,' thus making what Madison called a 'favorable emergency' more likely. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Mr. Trump is primarily a television personality. As such, he is judged by that standard. This means that a scandal does not call forth… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
We think about democracy, and that's the word that Americans love to use, 'democracy,' and that's how we characterize our system. But if democracy… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Most Americans are exceptionalists; we think we live outside of history. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Every day you don't do something, it makes it less likely that you will ever do something. So you've got to get started right… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
