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Political genius consists in identifying oneself with a principle.
This is, in theory, still a free country, but our politically correct, censorious times are such that many of us tremble to give vent to perfectly acceptable views for fear of condemnation. Freedom of speech is thereby imperiled, big questions go undebated, and great lies become accepted, unequivocally as great truths.
The IRA sending a message of sympathy to America is like Jack the Ripper giving us a lesson in the sanctity of human life.
If there is writing on Hadrian's Wall, it reads that the English should leave Scotland to its own devices.
Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad.
Of the 664 men who rode into the Valley of Death about 540 eventually got out of it again. By far the highest casualty rate was among the horses. Compared with the Somme or an evening in the Blitz, the Valley of Death was a piece of cake.
An endless war against terrorism can tend to inflate the terrorists, because being at war is attractive to some angry, unemployed, disaffected youth.
You don't know what a semi-colon does. . . sort of like my act.
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks, and I also have a flair for getting people to like me. But to be perfectly fair to myself, I am ever-ready to confess my shortcomings, too, and a quick round of soul-searching forced me to admit that I had never been any good at all at breathing water. As I hung there from the seat belt, dazed and watching the water pour in and swirl around my head, this began to seem like a very large character flaw.
I like to see honesty out of people. People who are trustworthy. I like to see people who are involved with The Lord.