Originally Posted by
teeteringhead
Not sure who said this but ....... ...... it seems apposite to this debate.
Full text on page eight of the Remembrance thread and never a truer word said. If I had my way they'd be printed on every desk diary in parliament, the Treasury, Main Building and Number Ten and inscribed in enormous gold letters at the heart of the parliamentary chamber.
Along with these, perhaps :
The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing. (Einstein)
and my last words on the subject, which are Orwell's :
We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.