Checks and balances Quote by Timothy D. Snyder

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

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

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

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

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

I thought I was going to grow up and become a diplomat and negotiate nuclear arms.

— Timothy D. Snyder

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

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

Most Americans are exceptionalists; we think we live outside of history.

— Timothy D. Snyder

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

Anticipatory obedience teaches authorities what is possible and accelerates unfreedom.

— Timothy D. Snyder

To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle.

— Timothy D. Snyder