From the On Tyranny series by Timothy Snyder, Lesson #16 of twenty. Check here for a lesson every Monday or you can find them on YouTube.  They are all short videos, no ads.

“We’re all in this together.”

“Institutions are only as good as we are. They only hold up when we prop them up. They only stand for us when we stand for them. The idea that institutions would protect us is a way of stepping back.”

“There is no America out there that can take care of things for you. America only exists insofar as Americans take care of things for themselves.”