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?

May 25, 2025

7 months ago

When I was a boy I was told that anyone could become President.

March 15, 2025

10 months ago

Men ought to pay a great deal more attention to substance and realities than to ceremonies.

February 26, 2025

10 months ago

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

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