Though blessed with many able administrators, the British found India just too large and diverse to handle. Many of their decisions stoked Hindu-Muslim tensions, imposing sharp new religious-political identities on Indians. Pankaj Mishra Read Quote
I like the fact that the weather forecast is always wrong. In a world of BlackBerry insta-connection, Google research, and Hadron Colliders, it is a daily reminder of the ultimate ignorance of man. It is a signpost towards all the enormous things we cannot understand. Victoria Coren Mitchell Read Quote
I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country. Andrew Johnson Read Quote
I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u, so I banned it immediately. John Caudwell Read Quote
Rent-stabilized tenants face harassment. They face illegal evictions. They’re confronted with ceaseless ‘buy-out’ offers that promise a quick buck if they give up their homes. Bill de Blasio Read Quote
When minimum living wages, bargaining for fair wages, pensions, and job security are denied in too many countries, it is not rocket science to understand the drivers of inequality. Sharan Burrow Read Quote
The trouble of the king becomes the trouble of the subject, for how shall we live if judgement is withheld, or if faulty decisions are promulgated? James Stephens Read Quote
My mother worked as a maid, cleaning the fraternity dorm of the local college. Roger Ross Williams Read Quote
