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?

June 24, 2025

8 months ago

A politician was a person with whose politics you did not agree. When you did agree, he was a statesman.

April 20, 2025

10 months ago

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.

March 14, 2025

12 months ago

[Of political life] The hatreds which sound so real when you read the words, which look so true when you see their scornful attitudes

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