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 19, 2025

1 year ago

Laws are like spiders’ webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but larger things break through and escape.

January 29, 2025

2 years ago

Ordinary men usually manage public affairs better than more gifted fellows. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws,

September 14, 2025

1 year ago

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal

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