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.

January 28, 2025

2 years ago

It is no use blowing the trumpet for the charge, and then looking around to find nobody following.

January 7, 2025

2 years ago

A secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to only one person at a time.

September 5, 2025

1 year ago

[On freedom of the press] The intrusion of government into this domain is symptomatic of the disease of this society.

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