Quotes Library

October 20, 2025

Universal suffrage [i.e., votes for all adult men and women] is the government of a house by its nursery.

Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), German statesman, The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.28

How many people, still, deep down, believe this to be true? How many women?

That’s Otto, speaking like the dead white male aristocrat he is.

January 31, 2025

2 years ago

It is we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; not yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.

August 6, 2025

1 year ago

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

February 6, 2025

2 years ago

One should as a rule respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison,

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