Auberon Waugh Quotes
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Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one ...…
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It is my settled opinion, after some years as a political correspondent, that no one is attracted to a political career in the first place…
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The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both absolutely…
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The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong
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You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being…
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Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.
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Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu tribesman, in fact…
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In their quest for power and self-importance, to compensate for whatever feelings of social inadequacy or sexual insecurity, they (Politicians)are prepared to perpetrate something which…
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Anyone in England who puts himself forward to be elected to a position of political power is almost bound to be socially or emotionally insecure,…
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Strange how much simple wisdom there is to be found in the deformed head and unprepossessing carcase of your typical London cabbie.
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There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if…
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When Glenda Jackson reveals that she has never been in a relationship with a man in which he hasn't raised his fists to her, I…
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An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know…
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I remember also speaking to a reporter on Gay News who enquired about my attitude to Gay Dogs and reassuring him of my compassionate attitude…
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Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to…
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The urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite old women. Anyone suspected of…
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In England, we have a curious institution called the Church of England. Its strength has always been in the fact that on any moral or…
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Looking back at all the people I have insulted, I am mildly surprised that I am still allowed to exist.
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Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech.
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Generally speaking, the best people nowadays go into journalism, the second best into business, the rubbish into politics and the shits into law
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