Tuesday, 8th April, 2003

General F S Maude, Commander of British invading forces in Iraq, 1917. "People of Baghdad, our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as . . .

Thursday, 3rd April, 2003

If only there were evil people somewhere, insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts . . .

Tuesday, 1st April, 2003

We may be the greatest country on earth, true, but to that I say : If you are the fastest, smartest rat in the sewer, you are still a rat . . .

Saturday, 12th October, 2002

JOHN BYRNE In a Glasgow suburb in 1950, while canvassing door-to-door for Our Lady of Lourdes Scout Group's Bob-a-Job Week, I was asked by a kindly lady resident if I was "a little Jewish boy?" I r . . .

Thursday, 10th October, 2002

Plato This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. Source: The Republic . . .

Wednesday, 9th October, 2002

Quote of the Year "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so ure who the the . . .

Wednesday, 2nd October, 2002

Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. . . .