I. F. Stone Quotes
… societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police
I. F. Stone, 1908-1989, Investigative Journalist and Political Writer, I. F. Stone's Weekly, March 15, 1954
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She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
This is not only attributed by reliable sources but apparently Roosevelt had said this on several occasions. The word “radical” has had different shades of meaning at different periods of American History. The origin of the word from the Latin means someone who wishes to change things very rapidly and not gradually. In the time of the Civil War, the majority of the Republicans proudly referred to themselves as “radicals” or “radical Republicans” because they wanted to abolish slavery immediately. In the late 19th century the word “radical” referred to anarchists. From the Russian Revolution onward “radicals” were communists who presumably wanted to change governments throughout the work through revolution—very rapid change. However, in the early 20th century, radicals were people who wanted to reform and regulate businesses and monopolies rapidly and it is this sense he was a radical. But by style, he was a radical in most things in that he wanted to change things and change them rapidly.
For a related sentiment, see Eleanor Roosevelt’s letter to A. Philip Randolph.
I. F. Stone was a politically progressive American investigative journalist, writer, and author.
