The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into the wrong hands, led too easily to horrible brutality.
John MortimerThe point at which beliefs meet may be more significant, more useful to contemplate, than their sources.
John MortimerThe worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life, but it's not for you.
John MortimerNo power on earth, however, can abolish the merciless class distinction between those who are physically desirable and the lonely, pallid, spotted, silent, unfancied majority.
John Mortimer