Monday 30 November 2020

No Enemies

 Margaret Thatcher in The Crown reading ''No Enemies”, by Scottish poet Charles Mackay 

        No Enemies

You have no enemies, you say?

Alas! my friend, the boast is poor;

He who has mingled in the fray

Of duty, that the brave endure,

Must have made foes! If you have none,

Small is the work that you have done.

You’ve hit no traitor on the hip,

You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip,

You’ve never turned the wrong to right,

You’ve been a coward in the fight.


Wednesday 13 May 2020

Down by the River



Ayn Rand on Individualism

“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
― Ayn Rand