Thomas A. Bailey Quotes & Sayings

Start a program for gifted children, and every parent demands that his child be enrolled. — Thomas A. Bailey

The two-thirds rule [of the Senate], which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence. — Thomas A. Bailey

You cannot shoot your way a little bit into a war any more than you can go a little bit over Niagara Falls. — Thomas A. Bailey

Too many so-called historians are really 'hysterians'; their thinking is more visceral than cerebral. When their duties as citizens clash with their responsibilities as scholars, Clio frequently takes a back seat. — Thomas A. Bailey

Too many historical writers are the votaries of cults, which, by definition are dedicated to whitewashing warts and hanging halos. — Thomas A. Bailey