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.

August 20, 2025

11 months ago

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

November 27, 2025

8 months ago

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

November 11, 2025

9 months ago

Blessed is he who expects no gratitude, for he shall not be disappointed.

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