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 11, 2025

9 months ago

The preservation of the means of knowledge (let me repeat that: the means of knowledge

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

June 8, 2025

9 months ago

Democracy is the process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

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