“ The rich feel much less need than their predecessors to account for their wealth, whether to society, to governments or to God. Their attitudes and values are not seriously challenged by anyone. The r… Anthony Sampson
“ Frank Olson had joined the Special Operations Division of the Army's Biological Laboratory at Fort Detrick at its inception in 1950. He was issued a Q clearance, the civilian equivalent of the militar… Matthew Hay Brown
“ Nice mix of Tory MPs saying this issue shouldn't be used for petty political pointscoring, & Tory MPs trying to score petty political points. Andy Zaltzman
“ I certainly didn't concur with Edward on everything, but I was damned if I would hear him abused without saying a word. And I think this may be worth setting down, because there are other allegiances… Christopher Hitchens
“ Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain Britain. So conform to it, or don't come here. Tony Blair
“ [The official prosecutors] ... were more vengeful on behalf of our injuries than I myself could ever be. Sir Laurens van der Post
“ British diplomats and Anglo-American types in Washington have a near-superstitious prohibition on uttering the words 'Special Relationship' to describe relations between Britain and America, lest the… Christopher Hitchens
“ One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough. Charlie Brooker
“ I want you to know that I have nothing against Orlando, though you are, of course, far more likely to get shot or robbed there than in London. Boris Johnson
“ I don't think wood was discovered in Britain until the 1970's. That's when I discovered it anyway. Craig Ferguson
“ Let us make sure that the supreme fact of the 20th century is that they tread the same path. Winston Churchill
“ We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde
“ A library is a different kind of social reality (of the three dimensional kind), which by its very existence teaches a system of values beyond the fiscal. Zadie Smith
“ But after all we are not children, not illiterate juvenile delinquents, not English public school boys who after a night of homosexual romps have to endure the paradox of reading the Ancients in expur… Vladimir Nabokov
“ In the spring of 1990 I flew to Aspen, Colorado, to cover a summit meeting between Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President George Herbert Walker Bush. This fairly routine political event took o… Christopher Hitchens
“ It is Sunday afternoon, preferably before the war. The wife is already asleep in the armchair, and the children have been sent out for a nice long walk. You put your feet up on the sofa, settle your s… George Orwell
