Quotes Library

March 2, 2025

There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), German chancellor. Attributed, Jay p.47

Who would have thought Bismarck a believer in American exceptionalism?

One wonders if such providence still functions vis-à-vis the United States?

February 15, 2025

10 months ago

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do;

May 4, 2025

8 months ago

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

May 8, 2025

8 months ago

Diplomacy is about surviving till the next century—politics is about surviving till Friday afternoon.

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