Quotes Library

April 27, 2025

A decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English poet, critic, lexicographer, in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 1770, Jay p.197

Do the poor inspire compassion, or are they just annoying? Shiftless scammers?

Johnson puts it well, and simply so.

December 30, 2025

7 months ago

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

June 11, 2025

1 year ago

The preservation of the means of knowledge (let me repeat that: the means of knowledge

September 3, 2025

11 months ago

The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.

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