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?

May 8, 2025

10 months ago

Diplomacy is about surviving till the next century—politics is about surviving till Friday afternoon.

June 22, 2025

8 months ago

A young man who isn’t a Socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a Socialist hasn’t got a head.

April 28, 2025

10 months ago

We hope that the world will not narrow into a neighbourhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

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