To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Third World it is to the extent that the West created Marx and his successors, among whom must be numbered many of those who advised the Third World leaders in post-war years.
When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality – other than equality before the law – that government poses a threat to liberty.
In a system of free trade and free markets poor countries – and poor people – are not poor because others are rich. Indeed, if others became less rich the poor would in all probability become still poorer.
It’s okay, Chancellor, you can touch them. Sometimes I just strip down to a tank top and stare at these guns in front of a mirror all day long.
I might have preferred iron, but bronze will do. It won’t rust. And, this time I hope, the head will stay on.
I never hugged him, I bombed him.
We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life’s journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.
It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
Their pitiless ideology only survives because it is maintained by force. But the day comes when the anger and frustration of the people is so great that force cannot contain it. Then the edifice cracks: the mortar crumbles.
We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland’s? Bulgaria’s? The peace of the grave?
One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.
Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
Isn’t a policy of conventional weapons, with the terrible bombs raining down, with the missiles, with the aircraft, with the submarines, with the torpedoes, with the tanks, with chemical weapons – isn’t that based on the possibility of threat?
I can’t bear Britain in decline. I just can’t.
Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course, the right legal and financial framework has to be provided for productive enterprise to develop.
But if Saddam had been in a position credibly to threaten America or any of its allies – or the coalition’s forces – with attack by missiles with nuclear warheads, would we have gone to the Gulf at all?
Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower.
In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world.
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly.
I have the money and they won’t get their hands on it.