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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?

September 18, 2025

11 months ago

Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.

October 30, 2025

9 months ago

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

January 7, 2025

2 years ago

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

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