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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.

March 18, 2025

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It’s 90 per cent of the politicians who give the other 10 per cent a bad name.

May 21, 2025

1 year ago

There never was any government so purely popular, as not to require the exclusion of the poor

May 2, 2025

1 year ago

Conservative, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal

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