We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.
Max HastingsLots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'
Max HastingsA Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.
Max Hastings