Richard Hofstadter Quote

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.


The American Political Tradition And the Men Who Made It (ed. 1962)


To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.