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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 23, 2025

11 months ago

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

April 23, 2025

2 years ago

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.

January 6, 2025

2 years ago

As democracy is perfected, the office of president [of the United States of America] represents

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