But I'm English. We don't do uplifting.

If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants

The military system of a nation is not an independent section of the social system but an aspect of its totality.

I can still boss people around. I can still write. I can still read. I can still eat, and I can still have very strong views.

My history writing was based on what I saw in strange, exotic places rather than just reading books.

We no longer ask of a judicial ruling or a legislative act: is it good? Is it fair? Is it just? Is it right? Will it help bring about a better society or a better world? Those used to be the political questions, even if they invited no easy answers. We must learn once again to pose them.

Today, neither Left nor Right can find their footing.