Robert Harris Men Quotations

Social mores change all the time. In the mid-1970s, it would've been astonishing, say, to see two men holding hands in the streets. And the attitude to having a fling with a girl, or whatever, was quite different then.

Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring!

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.

That young man seeks opportunities to test his principles as readily as a drunk picks fights in a bar.

Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name?

Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.

You can always spot a fool, for he is a man who will tell you he knows who is going to win an election.

Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.