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“I wouldn't have said that Anthony Eden was equipped by nature to deal with the situation in the world today. I would have said that he was portentous, sincere, honest and rather stupid.”

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Malcolm Muggeridge

Malcolm Muggeridge was a British journalist, writer, and television personality. Known for his in-depth reporting on political and social issues, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, his work was praised for its critical thinking and unique perspective. more

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“I think that President [Dwight] Eisenhower was... did the most marvelous job in the war, not really a military job: a public relations job, and it was essential that there should be a public relations job done in the post that he had.”

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“I think it [presidency of Dwight Eisenhower] came too late and I think that he is not on the wavelength of this dreadful time through which we're living.”

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“I am in a slight difficulty because I find myself in a minute minority there, in that this Sputnik didn't either interest me or frighten me, but that's because I don't, you see, believe that the circumstances of life are the important thing.”

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“I don't think that it would make the slightest difference to life and to the aspects of life that interest me if we could go to the moon tomorrow, because I think what really makes life interesting is the big question "Why?"”

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“The Sputnik is just to me like a firework, a rocket, a new invention.”

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“I have absolutely no doubt that there is an intense anti-Americanism in all Western Europe, and I think the reason for that is a very, very simple one.”

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“It is simply that America is very rich and very powerful and generally speaking everybody hates the rich and the powerful.”

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“In the 19th century, the English were loathed. Every memoir that you read of that period, indicates the loathing that everybody felt for the English, the only difference between the English and Americans, in this respect, is the English rather liked being loathed and the Americans apparently dislike it intensely.”

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“The price you pay for being powerful and being rich is to be hated.”

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