On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

by Timothy Snyder

Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do.

Influential Americans such as Charles Lindbergh opposed war with the Nazis under the slogan “America First.”

Post-truth is pre-fascism.

there is a conspiracy that you can find online: It is the one to keep you online, looking for conspiracies.)

Once we subliminally accept that we are watching a reality show rather than thinking about real life, no image can actually hurt the president politically.

People who assure you that you can only gain security at the price of liberty usually want to deny you both.

It is the government’s job to increase both freedom and security.

There is no doctrine called extremism.

When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.