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.

November 16, 2025

3 months ago

There is no more ungraceful figure than that of a humanitarian with the eye to main chance.

November 23, 2025

3 months ago

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

October 31, 2025

4 months ago

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

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