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.

December 23, 2025

2 months ago

Few revolutionists would be such if they were heirs to a baronetcy.

March 13, 2025

12 months ago

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

January 21, 2025

1 year ago

The quality of legislation passed to deal with a problem is inversely proportional to the volume of media clamor that brought it on.

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