Ted Nugent on Sarah Palin, from Time magazine's 100 most influential people issue:
The independent patriotic spirit, attitude and soul of our forefathers are alive and well in Sarah. In the way she lives, what she says and how she dedicates herself to make America better in these interesting times, she represents the good, while exposing the bad and ugly. She embraces the critical duty of we the people by participating in this glorious experiment in self-government.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1984685_1984864_19...
Taylor Branch on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, from a recent interview after attending SNCC's 50th anniversary conference:
Properly viewed – and history will one day see it this way – the Civil Rights movement in general, and SNCC people as the young shock troops, playing the same role as the Founding Fathers did. They confronted systems of hierarchy and oppression, and set into motion a new politics of equal citizenship that benefited everybody.
http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives_books/civil_rights_in_america_sncc...