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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?

December 22, 2025

7 months ago

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

July 2, 2025

1 year ago

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

March 27, 2025

1 year ago

[On David Steel, Leader of the Liberal Party] He’s passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

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