Quotes Library

September 17, 2025

The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar (1897–1980), American journalist and historian, The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, Tony Augarde, ed. (Oxford: 1991) p.2

Which are the truths you prefer not to hear? Which ones do you want to keep from your constituents?

Always be mindful of the elephant in the room and what might happen if it is noticed.

May 7, 2025

1 year ago

The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor

February 26, 2025

2 years ago

[On Winston Churchill] Restless, almost intolerably so, without capacity for sustained and unexcited labour, egotistical,

September 25, 2025

1 year ago

…that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

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