Rather to my surprise, I found myself genuinely indignant at the suggestion that murder was to be reintroduced as a means of political advancement for the first time since the Tudors, and even more indignant that the legal and political establishments in all their forms - which included, at that stage, the police - were going to cover up the whole episode. In the event, it turned out that my anxieties were unfounded, as Thorpe was totally innocent of all charges brought against him.
Auberon WaughTag: corruption the-establishment
The price of privilege is eternal vigilance.
Auberon WaughTag: privilege
My own attitude to the innumerable injustices of life has always been a philosophical one, especially when they have tended to operate in my favour.
Auberon WaughTag: injustice
An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know exactly what your qualifications are.You bent over in the shower to pick up some soap at Eton and Harrow, like all the rest of them.
Auberon WaughTag: eton-harrow-tories-privilege
I don't suppose there has been a moment in the world's history where more people felt themselves to be artists, of when less art was produced.
Auberon WaughTag: art-artists
The rest of us learned the simple lesson - invaluable in a bureaucratic society - that there is no moral or practical obligation to tell the truth when filling in forms.
Auberon WaughHe looked like the victim of a forceps delivery.
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