Quotes Library

October 16, 2025

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895), American abolitionist and orator, in the New Yorker, May 5, 2025, p. 8

Assume this is the gospel truth, how ready are you to proclaim it?

If this statement were part of a car, it would be where the rubber meets the road.

February 7, 2025

1 year ago

I will govern according to the common weal [meaning welfare], but not according to the common will.

January 29, 2025

2 years ago

Ordinary men usually manage public affairs better than more gifted fellows. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws,

August 5, 2025

12 months ago

[On being prime minister] Sometimes the strain is awful, you have to resort to Jane Austen.

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