WIST Quotations

Adams, John -- Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”

Dave — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:20:55 +0000

Wise and free Nations have made it their Rule, never to vote their Donations of Money to their Kings to enable them to carry on the Affairs of Government, until they had Opportunities to examine the State of the Nation, and to remonstrate against Grievances and demand and obtain the Redress of them.

John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Diary (1772, Spring), “Notes for a Oration at Braintree”
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Franklin, Benjamin -- Poor Richard’s Almanack (Nov 1751)

Dave — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:18:35 +0000

Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard’s Almanack (Nov 1751)
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Keynes, John Maynard -- “Alfred Marshall,” The Economic Journal (Sep 1924)

Dave — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:45:20 +0000

There is no harm in being sometimes wrong — especially if one is promptly found out.

John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) English economist
“Alfred Marshall,” The Economic Journal (Sep 1924)