Quote of the Day (Walt Whitman, on the Greatest Danger to America)

“Of all dangers to a nation, as things exist in our day, there can be no greater one than having certain portions of the people set off from the rest by a line drawn—they not privileged as others, but degraded, humiliated, made of no account.”—American poet-essayist Walt Whitman (1819–1892), Democratic Vistas (1871)

Spiritual Quote of the Day (William James, on Human Differences in God’s Eyes)

“In God's eyes the differences of social position, of intellect, of culture, of cleanliness, of dress, which different men exhibit, and all the other rarities and exceptions on which they so fantastically pin their pride, must be so small as practically quite to vanish; and all that should remain is the common fact that here we are, a countless multitude of vessels of life, each of us pent in to peculiar difficulties, with which we must severally struggle by using whatever of fortitude and goodness we can summon up. The exercise of the courage, patience, and kindness, must be the significant portion of the whole business; and the distinctions of position can only be a manner of diversifying the phenomenal surface upon which these underground virtues may manifest their effects. At this rate, the deepest human life is everywhere, is eternal. And, if any human attributes exist only in particular individuals, they must belong to the mere trapping and decoration of the surface-show.”—American philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910), “What Makes a Life Significant?", in Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life’s Ideals (1889)

Quote of the Day (Theodore Roosevelt, on How No Man is Above or Below the Law)

“A republic such as ours can exist only by virtue of the orderly liberty which comes through the equal domination of the law over all men alike, and through its administration in such resolute and fearless fashion as shall teach all that no man is above it and no man below it.” —President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), "A Square Deal" speech to farmers at the New York State Agricultural Association,  Syracuse, NY, September 7, 1903

A Republican President who—alas—many on the alt-right scorn as a Progressive.

Quote of the Day (Rev. Otis Moss, on the Need to ‘Speak Life’)

“Neighbor, oh neighbor, be sure you speak life. We have the choice to speak life or to curse people made in the image of God.”-- Rev. Otis Moss III, quoted in Mary Lee Talbot, “Morning Worship: ‘We Are Created Through Divine Speech,’” The Chautauquan Daily, July 6, 2013

Quote of the Day (Arthur Ashe, on Reviving ‘Our Ancient Commitment to God’)

“I wish more of us could understand that our increasing isolation, no matter how much it seems to express pride and self-affirmation, is not the answer to our problems. Rather, the answer is a revival of our ancient commitment to God, who rules over all the peoples of the world and exalts no one over any other, and to the moral and spiritual values which were once legendary in America. We must reach out our hand in friendship both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. We must believe in the power of education. We must respect just laws. We must love ourselves, our old and our young, our women as well as our men.” — Arthur Ashe and Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir (1994)

Quote of the Day (Eleanor Roosevelt, on Feeling Inferior)

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”-- Eleanor Roosevelt, This Is My Story (1937)