The Peace Movement Didn't Stop The Iraq

When You Think Of The Number Of Men In The World Who Hate Each Other, Why, When Two Men Love Each Other, Does The Church Split?

If One Meets A Powerful Person - Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin Or Bill Gates - Ask Them Five Questions: 'what Power Have You Got? Where Did You Get It From? In Whose Interests Do You Exercise It? To Whom Are You Accountable? And How Can We Get Rid Of You?' If You Cannot Get Rid Of The People Who Govern You, You Do Not Live In A Democratic System.

It's Lovely To Be Old. I've Got Age, Experience And Zero Personal Ambition. No Body Could Corrupt Me By Anything: Possibly A Job In The Government, A Peerage, A Quango, I Don't Want Any Of It.

Cabinet Members Are Soon Overwhelmed By The Insistent Demands Of Running Their Departments. On The Whole, A Period In High Office Consumers Intellectual Capital; It Does Not Create It....the Less Ministers Know At The Outset, The More Dependent They Are On The Only Sources Of Available Knowledge; The Permanent Officials.

Well, It All Began With Democracy. Before We Had The Vote All The Power Was In The Hands Of Rich People. If You Had Money You Could Get Health Care, Education, Look After Yourself When You Were Old, And What Democracy Did Was To Give The Poor The Vote And It Moved Power From The Marketplace To The Polling Station, From The Wallet...to The Ballot.