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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 7h

The Man who sells his Judgment for the Favor of a King has made a poor Bargain; the King may withdraw his Favor, but the Man cannot recover his Judgment.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 8h

I hear our President was introduced as “President Cum.” In the learned Universities, one ordinarily adds laude to signify Praise. I confess the omission seems entirely appropriate.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 8h

Civilization ought to measure its Advancement by how seldom it requires the Spectacle of Suffering. The Government that advertises Punishment as Entertainment has mistaken the Gallows for a Monument to Justice.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 9h

When Cruelty becomes Policy, Fear becomes Patriotism, and Silence becomes Prudence, the Republic may retain its Name long after it has surrendered its Character.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 9h

A free People ought to fear the Day when their Government becomes more interested in demonstrating what it can do to them than explaining what it intends to do for them.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 9h

A free People ought to fear the Day when their Government becomes more interested in demonstrating what it can do to them than explaining what it intends to do for them.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 12h

He who takes the People's Coin to build his Fortune ought not afterward pretend he built it alone.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 12h

There is a considerable Difference between falsely reporting what one heard and faithfully reporting what another falsely said. A Government unable to distinguish the two ought not be entrusted with prosecuting either.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 12h

Our Government has discovered a marvelous Instrument of Persuasion: a Glove which produces such Terror that a Man obeys before it is even used. He who must employ Pain to obtain Obedience should not mistake the Silence that follows for Consent.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 13h

I am delighted to learn that the Companies building Artificial Intelligence shall be entrusted with regulating themselves. Surely no Men are better qualified to determine the Limits of their own Ambition than those whose Fortunes depend upon exceeding them.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 13h

The Speaker has discovered a most convenient Principle of Government: should his Party prevail, the Credit belongs to its Leaders; should it fail, the Fault belongs to the People. Thus is Responsibility made wonderfully easy to bear.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 14h

A rich Man may purchase many Things, but the admiration of Posterity is seldom among them. Governments, however, will gladly sell him a Medal in the meantime.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 14h

When a Medal intended to honor Science becomes a Reward for political Friendship, we have not elevated the Recipient; we have merely lowered the Medal.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 16h

A Ship returned safely to Harbour is cause for Gratitude; a Government returned to Wisdom would be cause for Celebration.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 19h

Some seek the Senate to enlarge their Fortunes; others to improve the Fortunes of those who sent them.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 19h

The Tyrant may forge the Chains, but he seldom lacks respectable Gentlemen willing to furnish the Iron. A Republic is in peril not only when wicked Men seek Power, but when good Men find their Comfort more precious than their Courage.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 19h

A King may command the Tide to retreat, but the Water takes no Notice of his Title. When six Men in ten disapprove of the Captain, 'tis unwise to suppose the Ship's only Trouble is the Weather.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There is no greater Economy in Electioneering than compelling the Voter to pay for the Advertisement intended to deceive him. The public Treasury was established for the Service of the Republic, not the Improvement of a President's Reputation.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I am told that a Senator's Experience is her greatest Qualification. Yet I have observed that Experience sometimes teaches a Politician chiefly how to retain an Office. A Seat held long is not necessarily a Trust kept well.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It is an ingenious Form of Charity in which the Public supplies the Funds, the President supplies the Signature, and the Law is invited to explain itself afterward.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Poor Richard once said, “Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.” He neglected to add: and if the third does not take Screenshots.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Poor Richard once said, “Three may keep a Secret, if two of them are dead.” He neglected to add: and if the third does not take Screenshots.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Repentance after Confirmation is halfway to commendable; Judgment before it is cheaper.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He who fears an additional Door to the Polls may have less quarrel with the Door than with those expected to enter it.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He who helps steer the Coach cannot, upon reaching the Ditch, insist he was merely a Passenger.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Declaring the Ship sound is cheaper than repairing her, though somewhat less useful to the Sailors.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Hand need not sit at the Table to have a Finger in the Pie.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To tax only Income when Wealth has learned not to arrive as Income is rather like taxing the Milk while exempting the Cow.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

To tax only Income when Wealth has learned not to arrive as Income is rather like taxing the Milk while exempting the Cow.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

He who taxes his own Supper to punish his Neighbor may eventually discover which Household was punished.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

She who draws the District to choose the Voter has rather misunderstood who is meant to choose whom. Gerrymandering does not become Republican Government merely because Democrats hold the Pencil. Every Party hates a crooked Map—until handed the Pen. Every American hates a crooked map, period.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

An Emergency Power often resembles a Houseguest: invited for a Night, it soon discovers there is no need to leave. The surest Way to make extraordinary Power ordinary is to exercise it often enough that nobody remembers to be astonished.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pestilence is a poor subject upon which to govern by Hunch.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When a President speaks of alleged Justice as “my shot,” he has already mistaken the Republic for a loaded Pistol.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am informed the Figure is intended as Satire. This seems unfair to Satire, which ordinarily requires some Exaggeration. A golden Idol tells you less about its worth than about the vanity of the worship.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I am assured that independent Observers are unnecessary because the Government will observe itself. By this reasoning, every Tavernkeeper may audit his own Till. Transparency is troublesome chiefly to those who find darkness useful.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Gratitude for yesterday’s Vote is a poor substitute for giving the Voter a reason not to regret it tomorrow.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A Ruler entrusted with defending the Republic ought not discover that his enemies listen more carefully to his words than he does.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When the Law is made servant to a Man’s resentment, it ceases to be Justice and becomes merely Revenge with a Seal upon it. A free People should fear no Man’s anger so much as the moment his anger acquires prosecutors.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A Hat may announce a Man’s politics; his grocery bill occasionally announces his economics.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I confess I am unable to understand this new Diplomacy, in which a Gentleman proves himself difficult to threaten by announcing beforehand which of his Neighbors may safely be threatened instead.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Nothing proclaims Texas independence quite like a Texas candidate explaining that all his instructions arrive from Washington.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The surest way to preserve a Man’s reputation is no longer to improve his Conduct, but to improve the selection of News concerning it. I had supposed a Newspaper existed to inform its Readers what happened.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yesterday the Mail was too corrupt to carry a Ballot; today it is sufficiently trustworthy to carry a Republican one. The Post Office has evidently made astonishing progress overnight.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The President's job is not to decide which Americans are expendable. It is rather inconveniently to discover that none of them are.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is no political theory quite so persuasive as a receipt.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is something exquisitely Washington about Rahm Emanuel recommending new rules precisely when the question is whether anyone will enforce the ones already written.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is something exquisitely Washington about Rahm Emanuel recommending new rules precisely when the question is whether anyone will enforce the ones already written.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There is a considerable difference between bringing one’s Faith into Politics and bringing Politics into one’s Faith. In the first, conscience judges Power; in the second, Power is permitted to edit the Gospel.

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Milly Dogood @millydogood.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The highest achievement of modern Entertainment may be to send a man from the Theatre declaring two things with equal conviction: that he hated every minute, and that his friends absolutely must see it.

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