Glendon McCreary

“There are but two parties in the country. One is the party loyal to liberty, justice, and good order, and the other is the party in sympathy with the defeated rebellion. . . . Between these two parties we have no option.”
― David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

“If you slacked off your attention for even a moment, you could stall the entire line—forcing workers into an unnatural combination of boredom and constant attentiveness.”
― Cal Newport, A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload

“Amy Edmondson finds that when psychological safety exists without accountability, people tend to stay within their comfort zone, and when there’s accountability but not safety, people tend to stay silent in an anxiety zone. When we combine the two, we create a learning zone.”
― Adam M. Grant, Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

“Douglass understood that great historical change came when a party decided to step out amid the currents of history and lead.”
― David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom