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?

June 21, 2025

1 year ago

As with sailing, so with politics: make your cloth too taut and the ship will dip and keel

April 28, 2025

1 year ago

We hope that the world will not narrow into a neighbourhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

January 7, 2025

2 years ago

A secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to only one person at a time.

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