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 12, 2025

11 months ago

Why shouldn’t things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go well together.

March 29, 2025

9 months ago

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

March 7, 2025

10 months ago

Men on white horses armed with simple solutions are the answer when people decide they’ve had enough of “politics as usual.”

Page 23 of 63