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 21, 2025

11 months ago

[Of two fellow congressmen] They never open their mouths without subtracting from the sum of human knowledge.

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

May 6, 2025

10 months ago

Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past

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