And the fact is that millions of opiates addicts having given up their habit without medical assistance. - Theodore Dalrymple

Education is not a shield against stupidity, much less against brutality. Indeed, one might almost define an intellectual as someone who can witness a massacre and see a principle.

Compassionate fellow-feeling ... can soon become self-indulgent and lead to spiritual pride. It imparts an inner glow, like a shot of whiskey on a cold day, but like whisky it can prevent the clear-headedness which we need at least as much as we need warmth of heart.

The British are fast turning themselves into a nation of slaves, where even the slave-masters are not free.