The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions. – Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871
So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven oclock in the morning and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience. – Moss Hart
