by E.O. | Dec 25, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle. He fights you on patriotic principles; he robs you on business principles; he enslaves you on imperial...
by E.O. | Dec 24, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“I have never met anyone who wasn’t against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves.” – David Low
by E.O. | Dec 23, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” – George Bernard Shaw
by E.O. | Dec 22, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” – Henry David Thoreau
by E.O. | Dec 21, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
Lies, damned lies, and facts. Let’s say your general narrative is like a newspaper. In your paper you display stories on the front page that strongly support your narrative. In the middle pages you print articles that mildly support your narrative. Neutral stories go...
by E.O. | Dec 19, 2025 | Quotes and Quips
“Today it is widely assumed as axiomatic that the government must ‘do something’ when the economy turns down. Very seldom does anyone compare what actually happens when the government does something with what has happened when the government did nothing.” –...
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