“Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.”
Otto von Bismarck, quoted in the London Independent
“Most men know what they hate, few what they love.”
The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
Join more than 350,000 subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.
Join more than 350,000 subscribers and keep yourself informed with a selection of The Week’s most interesting, enlightening and entertaining stories - plus daily puzzles.
Latest Videos FromThe Week
English author Charles Caleb Colton, quoted in Forbes.com
“He who will not economize will have to agonize.”
Confucius, quoted in The Weekly Standard
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
Winston Churchill, quoted in the Rock Hill, S.C., Herald
“There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.”
Eric Hoffer, quoted in the Vancouver Sun
“Education is that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge.”
Mark Twain, quoted in the Victoria, Texas, Advocate
