Neal Ascherson Quotes
- To be defeated, but not to give in, is victory. Defeat
- Darwinism did not strip meaning from the world but intensified it, 'by identifying it in as many aspects of life as possible'. Aspect
- All human populations are in some sense immigrants. All hostility between different cultures in one place has an aspect of the classic immigrant grudge against… Abstract
- I am always fascinated when people talk about 'the forging of a nation'. Most nations are forgeries, perpetrated in the last century or so. Always Fascinated
- For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of the national interest… Best