Robert Rhodes James quotes

“Justice in politics has an uncomfortable habit of being rough.”
-- Robert Rhodes James

Source : Robert Rhodes James (1986). “Anthony Eden”, George Weidenfeld & Nicholson

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“It often happens that people come to believe in their own fictions.”
-- Robert Rhodes James

Source : Robert Rhodes James (1987). “Anthony Eden”

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“The fact is that Margaret Thatcher was never really a Conservative.”
-- Robert Rhodes James

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“Justice should be cheap but judges expensive.”

Source : "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.

“There is no justice in following unjust laws.”

Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press

“I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.”

“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”

“What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?”

“A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.”

“The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world,”

“You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.”

“Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.”

Source : FaceBook post by Adrian Grenier from Apr 10, 2012

“Habit with it's iron sinews, clasps us and leads us day by day.”