We Cannot Unthink Unless We Are Insane.

When All Is Said, Its Atmosphere [england's] Still Contains Fewer Germs Of Aggression And Brutality Per Cubic Foot In A Crowded Bus, Pub Or Queue Than In Any Other Country In Which I Have Lived

I Am Not Sure Whether Ethical Absolutes Exist. But I Am Sure That We Have To Act As If They Existed Or Civilization Perishes.

All "if" Statements About The Past Are As Dubious As Prophecies Of The Future Are. It Seems Fairly Plausible That If Alexander Or Ghengis Khan Had Never Been Born, Some Other Individual Would Have Filled His Place And Executed The Design Of The Hellenic Or Mongolic Expansion; But The Alexanders Of Philosophy And Religion, Of Science And Art, Seem Less Expendable; Their Impact Seems Less Determined By Economic Challenges And Social Pressures; And They Seem To Have A Much Wider Range Of Possibilities To Influence The Direction, Shape And Texture Of Civilizations.

Indeed, The Ideal For A Well-functioning Democratic State Is Like The Ideal For A Gentleman's Well-cut Suit It Is Not Noticed. For The Common People Of Britain, Gestapo And Concentration Camps Have Approximately The Same Degree Of Reality As The Monster Of Loch Ness. Atrocity Propaganda Is Helpless Against This Healthy Lack Of Imagination.

I Went To Communism As One Goes To A Spring Of Fresh Water, And I Left Communism As One Clambers Out Of A Poisoned River Strewn With The Wreckage Of Flooded Cities And The Corpses Of The Drowned.