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.

July 18, 2025

1 year ago

I pay my tax bills more readily than any others—for whether the money is well or ill spent

March 13, 2025

2 years ago

Those who exercise power and determine policy are generally men whose minds have been formed by events twenty or thirty years before.

December 14, 2025

11 months ago

No example is so dangerous, as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.

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