“There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the ...” — James Callaghan Quote

“There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.”

“Your strike will not win. You cannot be allowed to succeed.”

“The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.”

“I first read the 'Raj Quartet' in the early 1970s, when Paul Scott's decision to set his novels in the dying days of the British Raj in India seemed an eccentric choice, almost as though he did not want readers. The British were tired of their imperial past.”

“Instead of exporting what they perceived to be rational, modern, humane government to their colonies, the British often found themselves propping up deeply unattractive and corrupt princelings and client rulers because this was the cheapest way of maintaining control.”