In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken.

In the last century the Arab thinker Jamal al-Afghani wrote: 'Every Muslim is sick and his only remedy is in the Koran.' Unfortunately the sickness gets worse the more the remedy is taken.

The sea which we think of separating the two island actually joins them.

A good man giving bad advice is more dangerous than a nasty man giving bad advice.

Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail... You can safely appeal to the UN in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.