In Politics, As In Womanizing, Failure Is

I Think That The Essence Of A Free And Civilized Society Is That Everything In It Should Be Subject To Criticism, That All Forms Of Authority, Should Be Treated With A Certain Reservation.

In My View, Jan Masaryk Was Thoroughly Corrupt, Who Bumped Himself Off Because He Saw At Last Where His Moral Cowardice And Ideological 'playboyery' Had Led Him. I Vividly Remember Visiting Him In Washington, Fat, Slightly Tight, Coming Into The Room Looking Like A Broken-down Butler With His Master, The Little Communist, Clementis, - And Saying In A Loud Voice: 'has Anyone Seen An Iron Curtain? I Haven't.' Well, He Has Now.

The Monarchical Institution In England Is Immensely Valuable.

Travel, Of Course, Narrows The Mind.

Politicians Get Their Power Too Late, And I Think That He Has Inherited An Impossible Situation In Which He Is Ill-equipped To Deal.