The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.

Quote by Malcolm Muggeridge

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People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

The trouble with kingdoms of heaven on earth is that they're liable to come to...

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

Television was not invented to make human beings vacuous, but is an emanation of their...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the mysticism of materialism and the only possible religion in a materialistic society.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the...

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or...

I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or...

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization

Christianity is the enemy of liberty and civilization

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War...

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.