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.

May 9, 2025

1 year ago

No man is fit to govern great societies who hesitates about disobliging the few who have access to him

April 22, 2025

2 years ago

Politics demands a certain rhetoric. It does not demand moral action to fit the rhetoric.

July 5, 2025

1 year ago

There is but one way for a newspaperman to look at a politician, and that is down.

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