I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.

I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.

We forget today that Britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. But the Royal Navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current Government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. Fine while there is no threat to our security. But what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?

It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.

Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use are means to the individual's liberation. We do not perceive how a man may be armed and at the same time bereft of his freedom.