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.

September 14, 2025

1 year ago

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal

March 16, 2025

2 years ago

Whatever politicians, activists and manipulators propose, it is the phlegmatic, indifferent, ingrained electorate which disposes.

January 19, 2025

2 years ago

A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.

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