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!

September 11, 2025

6 months ago

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on buses and in the subway.

August 6, 2025

7 months ago

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety)

June 22, 2025

8 months ago

A young man who isn’t a Socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a Socialist hasn’t got a head.

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