Quotes Library

November 19, 2025

Believe nothing until it has been officially denied.

Claud Cockburn (1904–1981), British journalist, In Time of Trouble (1956), Jay p.100

How gullible are you? How suspicious? When did either aspect of your character get you in trouble? What have you learned from those experiences?

The reason why an official denial is thought necessary is because nobody believed the unofficial denial. Take both with a grain of salt.

December 25, 2025

7 months ago

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

February 3, 2025

1 year ago

Revolution: n., a bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.

August 6, 2025

12 months ago

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety)

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