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?

February 28, 2025

12 months ago

The so-called science of poll-taking is not a science at all but a mere necromancy. People are unpredictable by nature,

August 11, 2025

7 months ago

We are here to consult the interests and not to obey the will of the people, if we honestly believe that will conflicts with those interests.

April 25, 2025

10 months ago

Government…is simply not the channel through which men’s noblest impulses are to be realized.

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