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.

October 24, 2025

1 year ago

[On dealing with the Royal Family] I never deny, I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

January 9, 2025

2 years ago

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very

July 24, 2025

1 year ago

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

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