If we say the purpose of life is our children, that’s neither a purpose nor a meaning. But I’m sure I will be as besotted as everybody else when I have them. Rory Stewart Read Quote
I had a lot of romantic notions about what it would mean to cross Asia by foot. Rory Stewart Read Quote
In some sense, I’m a romantic. I like the idea of organic history and tradition. Rory Stewart Read Quote
I have planted over 6,000 trees at home in Scotland, some of them oak. I’d like my children to be able to watch them grow. Rory Stewart Read Quote
When my father was posted to Malaysia, we’d take bacon-and-egg sandwiches in our backpacks and go hiking in the jungle or make bamboo rafts to sail down rivers. Rory Stewart Read Quote
Democracy is not simply a question of structures. It is a state of mind. It is an activity. And part of that activity is honesty. Rory Stewart Read Quote
In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker. Rory Stewart Read Quote
The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power. Rory Stewart Read Quote
