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.

March 9, 2025

12 months ago

Make no laws whatever concerning speech, and speech will be free; so soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free

August 12, 2025

7 months ago

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

May 27, 2025

9 months ago

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

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