Eric Ambler

“Yet, it is a simple truth that the human mind can face better the most oppressive government, the most rigid restrictions, than the awful prospect of a lawless, frontierless world.”

“In a dying civilization, political prestige is the reward not of the shrewdest diagnostician, but of the man with the best bedside manner.”

“There are few minds to which tyranny is not preferable to chaos.”

“A person who searched for absolute truth would not be engaging in politics.”

“The important thing is to be on the side of the big battalions.”

“Never be a spectator of unfairness or stupidity. The grave will supply plenty of time for silence.”

“The world is not beautiful, and that is not what makes it interesting.”