We cannot have peace if we are only concerned with peace. War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life. If we want to attack war, we have to attack that way of life.
Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
Psychoanalysts believe that the only 'normal' people are those who cause no trouble either to themselves or anyone else.
It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.
If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president.
Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
