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 20, 2025

7 months ago

Politics must redress the natural injustice of history.

April 25, 2025

8 months ago

Government…is simply not the channel through which men’s noblest impulses are to be realized.

February 28, 2025

10 months ago

The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but a mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature,

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