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?

July 2, 2025

6 months ago

Fame is a vapor; popularity is an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

January 7, 2025

12 months ago

A secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to only one person at a time.

March 21, 2025

9 months ago

[Of two fellow congressmen] They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

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