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?

April 13, 2025

11 months ago

Gratitude is not a normal feature of political life.

July 2, 2025

8 months ago

Fame is a vapor; popularity is an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

November 27, 2025

3 months ago

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

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