25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings

"So valuable were Reverend [Jim] Jones's political connections ... that one can only speculate why he was never asked to join the Carter administration on the cabinet level."

--Thomas Hazlett, "Pleading Jim Jones's Case"

"Napoleon was respected--because he was feared. Jefferson was respected--because he inspired men with a practical vision of liberty."

--Robert Poole Jr., "On the Decline of U.S. Power"

"'Drop your guns or someone might get hurt,' one of the officers yelled. The wives and children complied--but someone was already hurt ... John Singer was dead: the result of resisting a court order that he comply with state compulsory schooling laws."

--Gerald M. King, "Man...