All Tom Paulin Quotes
- I am not very moved by historical apologies. Apologies
- Hitler bombed London into submission but in fact it created a sense of national solidarity. Bombed
- Everyone who supports Israel is a Zionist. Everyone
- I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either. British
- I never believed that Israel had the right to exist at all. All
- I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale. Attacks
- I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to… Action
- In my view the European culture carries a very heavy responsibility for the creation of Israel... it is a product of both British and Stalin's… Anti
- You are either a Zionist or an anti-Zionist. Anti
- All I do is read books, really. I worry about that sometimes. I don't seem to have a hobby or anything. All
- I wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come. Lyrical
- I'm kind of domestic, untidily so. Domestic
- I always feel freelance writers are leading a heroic life. I think that is the real writer's life. On the other hand, it's good to… Always Feel
- I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things… Banging
- If you spend your life with academics, when you step outside, you realise there is this huge general readership that is almost impossible to reach… Academics
- I went to a grim Victorian school with classes of 40 or 50 children. It was a very rigid and unimaginative education, but it did… Children
- Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they recognise that many… Belief
- Unfortunately, in the north and the south of Ireland, intolerant habits are part of the fabric of emotion, part of the identity crisis which afflicts… Afflicts
- Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath apparently… Apparently
- A truly vibrant and creative culture depends on a system of education which is not divided along class and sectarian lines. Along
- Teachers are the ministers and priests of culture, its practitioners and its emissaries. Culture
- One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard. Autobiographical
- This sympathy is not translated into force against the British government because it is not like the anti- apartheid movement which had a high profile… Anti