Life Quote by Michael Dobbs

“This will not be easy,’ he said. ‘Neither is failure.”

— Michael Dobbs

“O’Neill jumped out into the road, jammed a note into the driver’s hand, and dodged another motorcyclist as he made his way past the…

— Michael Dobbs

“His deepest need was that people should like him. An admirable trait that; in a spaniel. Or a whore.”

— Michael Dobbs

“Bismarck defined political intuition as the ability to hear, before anybody else, “the distant hoofbeats of history.”

— Michael Dobbs

“The most enduring lesson of the Cuban missile crisis is that, in a world with nuclear weapons, a classic military victory is an illusion.…

— Michael Dobbs

“The closest contact they had with the enemy was a playful sign that boasted: “Worldwide delivery in 30 minutes or less—or your next one…

— Michael Dobbs

“I’m an Englishman, after all,”

— Michael Dobbs

“You might very well think that - I couldn't possibly comment.”

— Michael Dobbs

“And even if fairies built a nest in the bottom of my garden and it should turn out that I have to live for…

— Michael Dobbs

“JFK's great virtue, and the essential difference between him and George W. Bush, was that he had an instinctive appreciation for the chaotic forces…

— Michael Dobbs

“Politics requires sacrifice. The sacrifice of others, of course.”

— Michael Dobbs

“It’s not respect but fear that motivates a man; that’s how empires are built and revolutions begin. It is the secret of great men.…

— Michael Dobbs