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?

October 31, 2025

4 months ago

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

February 21, 2025

1 year ago

I believe democracy to be of all forms of government the most natural, the most consonant with individual liberty.

August 14, 2025

6 months ago

[Notice kept on his desk while working on his biography of Lord Mountbatten] Remember.

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