Quotes Library

May 19, 2025

Let me…warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.

George Washington (1732-1799), American general, president, President’s Address… (17 September 1796)

Warning given. Warning taken?

Warning ignored. In the first quarter of the twenty-first century, would anyone claim other than the last—warning ignored—is the truth?

November 8, 2025

4 months ago

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

December 24, 2025

2 months ago

Tories, in short, are atrophied Englishmen, lacking certain moral and intellectual reflexes.

August 5, 2025

7 months ago

[On being prime minister] Sometimes the strain is awful, you have to resort to Jane Austen.

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