If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
The cure for mixed metaphors, I have always found, is for the patient to be obliged to draw a picture of the result. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Countries like ours are full of people who have all of the material comforts they desire, yet lead lives of quiet (and at times… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
It is assumed that when anyone gets into debt, the fault is entirely and always the fault of the lender. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
“If you cannot understand my argument, and declare "It's Greek to me", you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to be more sinned against… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Let us never allow ourselves to think that poverty is an excuse for an invitation to totalitarianism, and if we should be tempted to… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
“The persistence of public officials varies inversely with the importance of the matter on which they are persisting.” — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
In every age of transition men are never so firmly bound to one way of life as when they are about to abandon it. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
Because tobacco is responsible for an impressive one-third of cancers, prevention efforts naturally begin with it. — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
I suppose we all tend to remember only the happiness from our childhood, as a sundial refuses to tell the time except in fine… — Bernard Levin Copy Share Image
