Quotes Library

January 24, 2025

Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Count Galeazzo Ciano (1903-1944), Fascist politician, son-in-law to Benito Mussolini, Diary (1946) vol.2, 9 September 1942, Jay p.95

You know this saying has a hundred fathers, don’t you?

In fact, Ciano is wrong. Politicians are the fathers of every defeat. Ask Mary Chesnut (vide January 26).

June 12, 2025

7 months ago

The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act

April 16, 2025

8 months ago

To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight of the blood.

March 24, 2025

9 months ago

[Of Winston Churchill] He is a terrible burden for any Govt. to carry—someone said of [his father] Randolph Churchill

Page 55 of 63