Source: Spin (2005), p. 62
Source: Give Me Liberty! (1998), Ch. 16 : Security, the One-Way Ticket to Slavery, p. 174
"Letter from London" (18 September 2003) http://palinstravels.co.uk/static-51?topic=1752&forum=12
Context: Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won’t be made safer by creating barriers between people. Cries of “They’re evil, let’s get ‘em” or “The infidels must die” sound frightening, but they’re desperately empty of argument and understanding. They’re the rallying cries of prejudice, the call to arms of those who find it easier to hate than admit they might be not be right about everything.
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.
“…there is in this world no line so bad that someone won’t someday copy it.”
“The Profession of Poetry”, p. 165
Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifi5KkXig3s "Biblical Series IV: Adam and Eve: Self-Consciousness, Evil, and Death"
Source: Soldiers Live (2000), Chapter 5, “An Abode of Ravens: Headquarters” (p. 382)
“The person who insists on using yesterdays methods in today’s world won’t be in business tomorrow.”
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
“There's two words to that bargain.”
Polite Conversation (1738), Dialogue 3
“3325. Make the best of a bad Bargain.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
