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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?

November 20, 2025

11 months ago

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

January 13, 2025

2 years ago

Politics and the fate of mankind are formed by men without ideals and without greatness.

February 26, 2025

2 years ago

[On Winston Churchill] Restless, almost intolerably so, without capacity for sustained and unexcited labour, egotistical,

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