I'm a wet liberal really, and always have been. But I'm sort of an aggressive wet liberal. Max Hastings aggressiveliberalsort Change image and share on social
People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system. Max Hastings lifepeopleplay Change image and share on social
When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. Max Hastings bookfishlot Change image and share on social
Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.' Max Hastings brilliantcharmchild Change image and share on social
A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly. Max Hastings catastrophedecentfiscal Change image and share on social
We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous. Max Hastings comedydivinepart Change image and share on social
It was always inevitable that if you get serious trouble in any family then everybody's inclined to look at the head of that family and see if they see any cause or reason to associate it with the head of the, head of the family, why it should be. Max Hastings associatefamilyhead share on social
It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work. Max Hastings computereasymake Change image and share on social
I would have been a disastrous soldier. Max Hastings disastroussoldier Change image and share on social
I've always found women more loyal, more disciplined, less neurotic, more hardworking. I just think they're perfect colleagues. Whereas, God knows, I've dealt with plenty of neurotic men. Max Hastings colleaguedealdiscipline Change image and share on social