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?

August 14, 2025

12 months ago

[Notice kept on his desk while working on his biography of Lord Mountbatten] Remember.

April 23, 2025

1 year ago

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

March 5, 2025

1 year ago

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion

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