... it is the media in general, and the BBC in particular, that has been the strongest factor in the long battle to vanquish social conservatism in Britain. - Robn Aitken, The Noble Liar, p.40
Original sin - that is to say, the sin of having been born with human nature that contains within it the temptation to evil - will always make a mockery of attempts at perfection based on manipulation of the environment. - Theodore Dalrymple, Our Culture What's Left of It, p.37
When you say a situation or a person is hopeless,
you are slamming the door in the face of God.
--Charles Livingston Allen (1913-2005)
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