Nothing contains within itself the power to cause our suffering - only our reaction has the power to do that. If a boy called Hughes is found riding for a man called Hannon on the day of Monday within 2 Miles of a royal castle - Get on.
Two quotes here related to the same racing related serial felon...any idea's? Magistrate;"We feel it showed a complete disregard for the safety of other road users" Criminal;"I can't afford a chauffeur"
When I was about 18 and going out on the town on a Saturday night my mother would say "don't let your diddle rule your brain"
In the early hours of July 27th 1959 these words were spoken to a hushed Westminster chamber by a Tory backbencher attacking his own government's handling of a massacre at Hola camp in Kenya. Nor can we ourselves pick and choose where and in what parts of the world we shall use this or that kind of standard. We cannot say, 'We will have African standards in Africa, Asian standards in Asia and perhaps British standards here at home'. We have not that choice to make. We must be consistent with ourselves everywhere. All Government, all influence of man upon man, rests upon opinion. What we can do in Africa, where we still govern and where we no longer govern, depends upon the opinion which is entertained of the way in which this country acts and the way in which Englishmen act. We cannot, we dare not, in Africa of all places, fall below our own highest standards in the acceptance of responsibility. Denis Healey described it as 'the greatest parliamentary speech I ever heard'. It was made by John Enoch Powell. These words ring in my head when I hear how GSK have behaved in China. They ring in my head when I think of the support the British Government gave to an American Government on rendering, torturing and Guantanamo Bay. These words are as true today as they were then. How much better we would have been if we had said we will keep to this standard.
