IJ Herron

“It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god; it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg”—”
― Gordon S. Wood, Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

“America has nothing to fear from these newcomers, that they have come here for the same reason that families came here 150 years ago—all those who fled Europe’s famines and wars and unyielding hierarchies, all those who may not have had the right legal documents or connections or unique skills to offer but who carried with them a hope for a better life.”
― Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

“We are not immortal ourselves, my friend; how can we expect our enjoyments to be so? We have no rose without its thorn; no pleasure without alloy. It is the law of our existence; and we must acquiesce.”
― Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

“Those who make their patriotism a vehicle for intolerance are very dangerous.”
― Tyler Anbinder, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York