6 Evelyn Waugh Quotes on Politics

Evelyn Waugh quotes on politics

1. If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.

3. 'We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University, being in this the twenty-fourth year of our life, summoned by the wisdom of Almighty God and the unanimous voice of our people to the throne of our ancestors, do hereby proclaim. . .' Seth paused in his dictation and gazed out across the harbour where in the fresh breeze of early morning the last dhow was setting sail for the open sea. 'Rats,' he said; 'stinking curs. They are all running away.'

34. As there was no form of government common to the peoples thus segregated, nor tie of language, history, habit, or belief, they were called a Republic.

36. 'The Beast stands for strong mutually antagonistic governments everywhere,' he said. 'Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad.'

37. Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.

57. If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be.