In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal.
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In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.
Patriotism has served, at different times, as widely different ends as a razor, which ought to be used in keeping your face clean and yet may be used to cut your own throat or that of an innocent person.
Tolerance is forced on people in London.
British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant.
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.
I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think there has ever been a people in the world who displayed a heroism as discreet, as mundane and as universal.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
To punish MPs because of the distance they live from London - those with fast train journeys quite close to London as well as those at some distance from both the capital or an appropriate airport - is perverse, but also dangerous to democracy.
The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat.
In London they don't like you if you're still alive.
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