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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?

May 7, 2025

10 months ago

The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor

November 30, 2025

3 months ago

Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is blissfully ignorant.

November 8, 2025

4 months ago

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

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