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Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings FRSL FRHistS (/ˈheɪstɪŋz/; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of numerous books, chiefly on defence matters, which have won several major awards.

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As George Orwell wisely observed a generation later, the only way swiftly to end a war is to lose it.

War, Generations, Way, Swiftly, George

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing.

Book, Fishing, Thinking, Writing

I've always found women more loyal, more disciplined, less neurotic, more hardworking. I just think they're perfect colleagues. Whereas, God knows, I've dealt with plenty of neurotic men.

Men, Thinking, Perfect, Hardworking, Think

I would have been a disastrous soldier.

Disastrous, Has Beens, Soldier

The only redemptive feature of war is the brotherhood which it forges.

Brotherhood, Feature, Peace, Redemptive, War

There was no doubt that in the early and mid-eighties that many of us in broadsheet newspapers felt that we still had a responsibility to try to protect the Royal Family or if you like protect the Monarchy from the assaults of the media.

Doubt, Felt, Media, Monarchy, Protect, Responsibility

If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel you become a royal reporter.

Become, Job, Jobs, Pianist, Royal

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are. '

Believe, Children, Clever, Wonderful, World

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

Play, Ridiculous, Comedy, Part, Ultimately

I'm a wet liberal really, and always have been. But I'm sort of an aggressive wet liberal.

Aggressive, Has Beens, Sort, Wet

You cannot write down how people are good; you just know it, and cannot get away from it.

Character, Know, People, Write, Writing

People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.

Life, Ones, People, Play, School

It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work.

Computer, Easier, Made, Miraculous, Sort

A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.

Catastrophe, Decent, Fiscal, Government, Tackling