Sparks Commentary

“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” – Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher was the first wo...

A miniseries covering Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt Just as the Americans remember  Mr. Churchill , so do t...

“A snub is the effort of a person who feels superior to make someone else feel inferior. To do so, he has to find someone who can be made to...

Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the founding feminist philosophers. Her 1792 work “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” is one of the class...

It might seem strange to say it today, but the “Bill of Rights” amendments were once understood to apply only to the federal government, ...

“Athens became the seat of politeness and taste, the country of orators and philosophers. The elegance of its buildings equalled that of i...

“After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the import...

“ ♪ Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves. And Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. ♪ ” – “Rule, Britannia!” (1740) , a B...

Warning: This post contains some mature themes in it. Although I have tried to cover them tastefully, there's no way to take them out ...

“We [the German government] intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare . We shall endeavor in spite of this t...

" ... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth ." - Closing lines of  Abr...

“However, considering the reign of queen Elizabeth in a great and political view, we have no reason to regret many subsequent alterations in...

Warning: This post contains some mature themes in it. Although I have tried to discuss them tastefully, there's no way to take them ou...

Most women who marry heads-of-state seem forever destined to languish in obscurity. They are usually known by those who study their husban...

"No person held to service or labour [a. k. a. "slavery"] in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, sha...

"Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of pe...

" Qu'ils mangent de la brioche ." ("Let them eat cakes.") - The infamous Marie Antoinette line that Marie Antoinette...

" ' A house divided against itself cannot stand .' I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half ...