It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too.
John DenhamBut whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.
John DenhamSearch not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.
John DenhamPoetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.
John DenhamThe man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who laid the foundations of civilization.
John DenhamSuch is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate.
John DenhamTis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world; That Sun like this (from which our sight we have) Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
John Denham