"We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion,……" — Kenneth Clarke

"We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs."

— Kenneth Clarke

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34 Quotes by Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke has 34 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

With the greatest respect, we do not make the criminal law on the basis of opinion polls. A majority of…
I have never read it. You should not waste your time.
I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get…
Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place…
The recognized achievements of some Negroes, despite rigid racial barriers, indicate that society by its prejudices may be depriving itself…
The dark ghettos are social, political, educational and-above all-economic colonies. Their inhabitants are subject peoples, victims of the greed, cruelty,…
Racial prejudices are indication of a disturbed and potentially unstable society.
I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe
Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the…
The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the…
However, we do not lack anti-terrorist laws. I do not believe that the recent London bombs were the result of…
I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want…

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More Bombs Quotes

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An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to… — John Ashcroft
A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I don't regret setting bombs. — Bill Ayers
We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. — Theodore Bikel
A terrorist is someone who has a bomb, but doesn't have an air force. — William Blum
We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops. — Simon Le Bon
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. — Spiro T. Agnew
There are many comedians who are afraid to work outside the coasts and the casinos because they're afraid they'll bomb. — Elayne Boosler
We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off. — Abdallah II
There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent… — Harry Browne
For 50 years, nuclear power stations have produced three products which only a lunatic could want: bomb-explosive plutonium, lethal radioactive… — James Buchan

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