"The life of nations no less than that……" — Enoch Powell

The life of nations no less than that of men is lived… - Enoch Powell

"The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination."

— Enoch Powell

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21 Quotes by Enoch Powell

Enoch Powell has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.
No battle is worth fighting except the last one.
A politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea.
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea.
A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing - where would we politicians be if we were…
Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if…
Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard…
All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is…
We must be mad, literally mad, as a nation to be permitting the annual inflow of some 50,000 dependents, who…
The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
Values exist in a transcendental realm, beyond space and time. They can neither be fought for, nor destroyed.

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More Imagination Quotes

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To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. — Richard Bach
Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely. — Marcus Aurelius
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
What wild imaginations one forms where dear self is concerned! How sure to be mistaken! — Jane Austen
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly. — Lauren Bacall
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him… — Francis Bacon
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon
It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because… — David Bailey
Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. — James A. Baldwin
I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means. — J. G. Ballard
The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction… — J. G. Ballard
I guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination. — Eric Bana

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