One's teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
“... instead of trying to grapple with the implications of the story of empire, the British seem to have decided just to ignore it... the most corrosive part of this amnesia is a sense that because the nation is not… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
The early bird may get the worm, but its the second mouse that gets the cheese. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
“Everything human … has its period: nations, like mortal men, advance only to decline; dismembered empire and diminished glory mark a crisis in the constitution;” — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I've always felt myself to be an outsider. I've always felt awkward. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I tend to be thinking about things and not paying sufficient attention to one's posture, deportment and general cast of face. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect. — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
The defining problem of contemporary television is trust: Can you believe what you see on television, does television treat people fairly, is it healthy… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
Has there ever been a visitor to Ludlow who hasn't wished they lived there? — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
