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?

May 27, 2025

9 months ago

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

October 21, 2025

4 months ago

The revolutionary spirit is mightily convenient in this: that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.

September 1, 2025

6 months ago

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

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