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 30, 2025

9 months ago

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

August 12, 2025

12 months ago

You only have power over people as long as you don’t take everything away from them.

December 24, 2025

7 months ago

Tories, in short, are atrophied Englishmen, lacking certain moral and intellectual reflexes.

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