Quotes Library

December 11, 2025

The Bill of Rights was not ordained by nature or god. It’s very human, very fragile.

Barbara Jordan (1936–1996), American Democratic politician, in The New York Times Magazine, 21 Oct 1990, Jay p.199

How many of the (American) Bill of Rights do you know, other than the first and second entries—free speech and guns?

How prescient of Ms. Jordan!

January 10, 2025

2 years ago

Books won’t stay banned. They won’t burn. Ideas won’t go to jail…In the long run of history,

August 18, 2025

1 year ago

Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie.

October 30, 2025

12 months ago

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

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