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.

May 7, 2025

10 months ago

The two greatest obstacles to democracy in the United States are, first, the widespread delusion among the poor

October 21, 2025

4 months ago

The revolutionary spirit is mightily convenient in this: that it frees one from all scruples as regards ideas.

July 24, 2025

7 months ago

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

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