Quotes Library

June 5, 2025

It is a great folly to offend many if you only want to insult one man.

Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540), Italian historian and statesman, Ricordi, C, 7

Think hard. Have you ever done something so stupid?

Never forget that the secret of success in politics is the slowness with which you make enemies. You will make them, in any event, but why rush?

October 25, 2026

5 days ago

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

September 11, 2025

1 year 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.

March 9, 2025

2 years ago

Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free

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