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?

March 26, 2025

11 months ago

The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

March 16, 2025

12 months ago

Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes.

July 16, 2025

7 months ago

The model of a modern Prime Minister would be a kind of grotesque composite freak

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