I have very little experience of self-government. In fact, I am one of the most governed people in the world.
PRINCE PHILIPIf it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.
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So who’s on drugs here? He looks as if he’s on drugs.
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Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.
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If it has got four legs and it is not a chair, if it has got two wings and it flies but is not an aeroplane, and if it swims and it is not a submarine, the Cantonese will eat it.
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There are always twenty excellent reasons for doing nothing for every one reason for starting anything-especially if it has never been done before.
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I don’t care what kind it is, just get me a beer.
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I’ve never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing.
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You can’t just decide you want to do this or that. You have to be invited.
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A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.
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As so often happens, I discover that it would have been better to keep my mouth shut.
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I have frequently been misrepresented. I don’t hate the press; I find a lot of it is very unpalatable.
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I had been playing polo, and I decided to give up at the age of 50.
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Books are certainly old fashioned, but only people with a very limited perception are silly enough to condemn ideas because of their age.
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It’s a pleasure to be in a country that isn’t ruled by its people.
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Cannibalism is a radical but realistic solution to the problem of overpopulation.
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Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival.
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