What arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not, unless the man is a prig, the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically, or even that they behave wickedly. It is that they conspire successfully to impose upon the public a picture of themselves as so very sagacious, honest and well-intentioned.
A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands. - Claud Cockburn
A newspaper is always a weapon in somebody's hands.
- Claud Cockburn
Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe. - Claud Cockburn
Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.
There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep. - Claud Cockburn
There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep.
Believe nothing until it has been officially denied. - Claud Cockburn
Believe nothing until it has been officially denied.
If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe t… - Claud Cockburn
If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe t…
An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions. - Claud Cockburn
An autobiography should give the reader opportunity to point out the author's follies and misconceptions.
Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way it's supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big d… - Claud Cockburn
Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way it's supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big d…
One good reason for the popularity of "reductionism" among the philosophical outposts of the Western Establishment is that it can be, and is, used as… - Claud Cockburn
One good reason for the popularity of "reductionism" among the philosophical outposts of the Western Establishment is that it can be, and is, used as…
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow t… - Claud Cockburn
A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow t…
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