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.

April 6, 2025

2 years ago

In the end we are all sacked and it’s always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life.

February 20, 2025

2 years ago

You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometime you have to be evasive.

October 3, 2025

1 year ago

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

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