A curious reversal in the locus of moral concern has taken place: people feel responsible for everything except for what they do.

- Theodore Dalrymple

The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to impr…

- Theodore Dalrymple

The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong.

- Theodore Dalrymple

Feeling good about yourself is not the same thing as doing good. Good policy is more important than good feelings.

- Theodore Dalrymple

Nonjudgmentalism is not really nonjudgmental. It is the judgment that . . . everything is the same, nothing is better. This is as barbaric and untrut…

- Theodore Dalrymple

When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.

- Theodore Dalrymple

I've heard a hundred different variations of instances of unadulterated female victimhood, yet the silence of the feminists is deafening. Where two p…

- Theodore Dalrymple

When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themsel…

- Theodore Dalrymple

Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.

- Theodore Dalrymple