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 10, 2025

11 months ago

There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.

March 25, 2025

2 years ago

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

October 11, 2025

1 year ago

The second law, Rakove’s law of principle and politics, states that the citizen is influenced by principle

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