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John Robson
True Canadian values for a complex world
Words Worth Noting - May 9, 2023

“Error is ever the sequence of haste.”

The Duke of Wellington according to AZ Quotes [https://www.azquotes.com/author/15482-Duke_of_Wellington]

Famous quotes, Life, Military, United Kingdom, PoliticsJohn RobsonMay 9, 2023
Words Worth Noting - May 8, 2023

“Nothing that works is silly...”

Nessus (the puppeteer) in Larry Niven Ringworld

Famous quotes, LifeJohn RobsonMay 8, 2023
Words Worth Noting - May 7, 2023

“Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.”

The Duke of Wellington according to AZ Quotes [https://www.azquotes.com/author/15482-Duke_of_Wellington]

Education, Famous quotes, Life, Philosophy, Religion, Military, Politics, United KingdomJohn RobsonMay 7, 2023
Words Worth Noting - May 6, 2023

“the Palestinians have seemed, as in the last election, to show a preference for the evil of lessers.”

OpinionJournal July 28, 2006

Famous quotes, Humour, International, PoliticsJohn RobsonMay 6, 2023
Newspeak gives them away

In my latest Epoch Times column I note the eerie similarities between the stilted belligerence of totalitarian states attacking free societies from the outside and the woke attacking them from within.

China, Columns, Constitution, Education, Epoch Times, Freedom of speech, Government, History, Ideology, International, Language, Politics, World War IIJohn RobsonMay 5, 2023
Words Worth Noting - May 5, 2023

“‘I try to be, as G.K. Chesterton once wrote, ‘wise enough to be made a fool of.’”

Susan Cheever in Newsday November 12, 2002 p. B02, quoted in Gilbert! magazine Vol. 7 #1 (9/03)

Famous quotes, Life, Philosophy, ReligionJohn RobsonMay 5, 2023
Words Worth Noting - May 4, 2023

“When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.”

The Duke of Wellington according to AZ Quotes [https://www.azquotes.com/author/15482-Duke_of_Wellington]

Famous quotes, History, Military, United KingdomJohn RobsonMay 4, 2023
Words Worth Noting - May 3, 2023

“We do not consider this a credible explanation.”

The BBC when Chinese authorities detained, handcuffed and beat up one of their journalists “for his own good in case he caught Covid from the crowd” November 28, 2022 (https://twitter.com/BBCNewsPR/status/1597000489513537536).

Famous quotes, Humour, International, China, Constitution, Media, United Kingdom, IdeologyJohn RobsonMay 3, 2023
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