At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.
What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.
There is no real coming and going, For what is going but coming?
Do not ask God the way to heaven; He will show you the hardest way.
If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity.
Work is the means of living, but it is not living.
A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.
Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are selfish, not religious, and will never gain the pleasure, because we can never have the virtue.
Modern minds no longer object to the Church because of the way they think, but because of the way they live. They no longer have difficulties with the Creed, but with her Commandments. The heresy of our day is not the heresy of thought, but of action.
Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.
I don't go by the rule book. . . I lead from the heart, not the head.