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Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it. ”
Democracy demands trust. It demands that sense of mutual understanding. And - it's a two way street. You've got to give - as much as you take. ”
Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots - yet couldn't understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her. ”
I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race. ”
I believe that our country is a richer, more vibrant society precisely because it is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society. ”
To be seen to be human, provided you're doing your job at the same time, is definitely not a negative, not at all. ”
Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction. ”
In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique. ”
To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained. ”
It seems to me that the Swedish Academy of Science may be qualifying for the Nobel Peace Prize. It recognises no nationality; it discourages unworthy national feeling and prejudice. ”