I Have Had Wealth, Rank And Power,

I Have Had Wealth, Rank And Power, But, If These Were All I Had, How Wretched I Should Be.

It's A National Failing To Think Of Politics As Something That Goes On In Parliament. It Isn't; It's Something That Goes On Inside Us.

The Fatal Error Of Much Science Fiction Has Been To Subscribe To An Optimism Based On The Idea That Revolution, Or A New Gimmick, Or A Bunch Of Strong Men, Or An Invasion Of Aliens, Or The Conquest Of Other Planets, Or The Annihilation Of Half The World--in Short, Pretty Nearly Anything But The Facing Up To The Integral And Irredeemable Nature Of Mankind--can Bring About Utopian Situations. It Is The Old Error Of The Externalization Of Evil.

That Is Why We Dread Children, Even If We Love Them. They Show Us The State Of Our Decay.

Relax, Enjoy Yourself. Have Another Drink. It's Patriotic To Overconsume.