The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Short Cuts

Insight: “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” —Wendell Phillips (1811-1884)

Upright: “Any society that takes the bare minimum amount of pride required to wish to sustain itself for its progeny must understand that instilling racially divisive poison in the minds of impressionable students is a recipe for disaster. No nation will long endure if its youngest generation is full of disdain, disgust and self-hatred.” —Josh Hammer

For the record: “Our ruling class is behaving as a group of adolescent children whose parents are on permanent vacation and left them their checkbook along with the keys to the car and liquor cabinet. Where are the adults?” —David Limbaugh

Political futures: “[Republicans] have nothing to gain by blessing a portion of President Joe Biden’s spending plans, when an ungodly amount of money is going to go out the door regardless of whether they vote for a chunk of it or not. … Bipartisanship has its uses, but so does partisanship. Joe Biden wants to be known for his FDR- and LBJ-like government spending, believing that it’s the key to political success and to an enduring legacy. Fine. Let him and his party own it.” —Rich Lowry

Worth a shot: “Maybe if we claimed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) fireworks and 100th anniversary celebrations were contributing to global warming (climate change), the Biden administration might see that the CCP poses a greater danger to global peace and security more so now than at any point in its history.” —Tony Perkins

Grand delusions: “[January 6] nearly toppled our republic.” —former Congressman David Jolly

Race bait I: “When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: the freedom they’re referring to is for white people. This land is stolen land and Black people still aren’t free.” —Congresswoman Cori Bush

Race bait II: “July 4th… & so, the Declaration of Independence says all men are created equal. Equal to what? What men? Only white men? Isn’t it something that they wrote this in 1776 when African Americans were enslaved?” —Congresswoman Maxine Waters

And last… “If we have reached the point in America where banning ballot harvesting and voting out-of-precinct are considered racist threats to the republic, we have run out of actual racist threats to the republic.” —Ben Shapiro