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?

December 12, 2025

8 months ago

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to the level of incompetence…in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent

September 1, 2025

11 months ago

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.

March 14, 2025

1 year 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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