We Must Be Mad, Literally Mad, As

I Do Not Know If The Doctrine That The Nation-state Arose In The 19th Century Was Still Being Taught:;... But It Is Erroneous. The Nation-state Reaches Back Far Into The Origins Of Europe Itself And Perhaps Beyond. If Europe Was Not Always A Europe Of Nations, It Was Always A Europe In Which Nations Existed, And Were Taken For Granted, As A Basic Form Of The State.

I Refer To The Misunderstanding Of Soviet Russia As An Aggressive Power, Militaristically And Ideologically Bent Upon World Domination 'seeing', To Quote A Recent Speech Of The British Prime Minister, 'the Rest Of The World As Its Rightful Fiefdom.' How Any Rational Person, Viewing Objectively The History Of The Last Thirty-five Years, Could Entertain This 'international Misunderstanding' Challenges, If It Does Not Defeat, Comprehension. The Notion Has No Basis In Fact... If Russia Is Bent On World Conquest, She Has Been Remarkably Slothful And Remarkably Unsuccessful.

I Would Sooner Receive Injustice In The Queen's Courts Than Justice In A Foreign Court. I Hold That Man Or Woman To Be A Scoundrel Who Goes Abroad To A Foreign Court To Have The Judgments Of The Queen's Courts Overturned, The Actions Of Her Government Countermanded Or The Legislation Of Parliament Struck Down.

People Are Disposed To Mistake Predicting Troubles For Causing Troubles And Even For Desiring Troubles.

Virtually The Entire Inflow Was Therefore Asiatic, And All But Three Or Four Thousand Of That Inflow Originated From The Indian Subcontinent... It Is By 'black Power' That The Headlines Are Caught, And Under The Shape Of The Negro That The Consequences For Britain Of Immigration And What Is Miscalled 'race' Are Popularly Depicted. Yet It Is More Truly When He Looks Into The Eyes Of Asia That The Englishman Comes Face To Face With Those Who Will Dispute With Him The Possession Of His Native Land.