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The quotations herein were found in various locations, as referenced with each quotation, some from editions of a particular author’s work, some in online versions of the works of classical authors, and the bulk of what follows from collections of quotations, a favourite excavation site of mine since I discovered them in my teens.
I am most grateful to the editors of my source-books, for making my work so much easier.

June 9, 2025
June 9, 2025
In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors
June 10, 2025
June 10, 2025
The trouble with the Conservative Party is that it has not turned back the clock a single second.
June 11, 2025
June 11, 2025
The preservation of the means of knowledge (let me repeat that: the means of knowledge
June 12, 2025
June 12, 2025
The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act
June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.
June 14, 2025
June 14, 2025
Free speech is about as good a cause as the world has ever known.
June 15, 2025
June 15, 2025
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
June 16, 2025
June 16, 2025
Do not believe those who say they have voluntarily relinquished power and position for love of peace and quiet.
June 17, 2025
June 17, 2025
As a feast to which all the guests contribute is better than a banquet furnished by a single man
June 18, 2025
June 18, 2025
It is no inglorious thing to have fear for the safety of our country, but to be turned from one’s course by men’s opinion
June 19, 2025
June 19, 2025
A liar needs a good memory.
June 20, 2025
June 20, 2025
Politics is a battle against process, just as life is.
June 21, 2025
June 21, 2025
As with sailing, so with politics: make your cloth too taut and the ship will dip and keel
June 22, 2025
June 22, 2025
A young man who isn’t a Socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a Socialist hasn’t got a head.
June 23, 2025
June 23, 2025
About one-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.
June 24, 2025
June 24, 2025
A politician was a person with whose politics you did not agree. When you did agree, he was a statesman.
June 25, 2025
June 25, 2025
Sometimes, when they say you’re ahead of your time, it’s just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.
June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025
If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches, they will take sandwiches.
June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025
Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive.
June 28, 2025
June 28, 2025
Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason.
June 29, 2025
June 29, 2025
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025
No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.
July 1, 2025
July 1, 2025
[On Canada] We are one of the oldest democracies in the world
July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025
Fame is a vapor; popularity is an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
July 3, 2025
July 3, 2025
Every government is a device by which a few control the actions of many…on both sides at the moment
July 4, 2025
July 4, 2025
A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.
July 5, 2025
July 5, 2025
There is but one way for a newspaperman to look at a politician, and that is down.
July 6, 2025
July 6, 2025
If you are seeking the favor of men, be careful never to give a flat refusal to anyone who makes a request of you.
July 7, 2025
July 7, 2025
The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs
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