Rebecca Solnit Quotes
Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable.
Solnit, Rebecca. Wanderlust: A History of Walking. Viking, 2000.
Quote often cited by gun enthusiasts as a Biblical urging to be armed for self-protection and protection of the home. Likewise they argue that gun control is not only bad policy but against the will of God.
Einstein was a very independent thinker. At the time many intellectuals were thinking that with modern psychology and sociology man could determine why criminals behaved in anti-social manners. However, Einstein was more concerned with the practical problems of protecting society. He was an opponent of the death penalty however. See {588604}.
Jackson was the only American President who disobeyed a Supreme Court Decision. See {635653}. In doing this, he killed tens of thousands of Indians, allowed the Southern Whites to steal most of the Cherokee land. His Indian Removal contrary to the Supreme Court decision, was the worst case of ethnic cleansing in the history of the United States.
Rebecca Solnit is an American writer. She has written on a variety of subjects, including the environment, politics, place, and art. Solnit is a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine, where bi-monthly she writes the magazine's "Easy Chair" essay.
