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James Buchan quotes: We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen.

We generally write best of what we ourselves have seen.

James Buchan quotes: All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.

All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.

James Buchan quotes: Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

Were there peace and justice in the Middle East, the Arabs would no more need their tinhorn dictators than they would their corpulent princes.

James Buchan quotes: Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

Financial crises are like fireworks: they illuminate the sky even as they go pop.

James Buchan quotes: A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water.

James Buchan quotes: Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.

Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.

James Buchan quotes: Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.

Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.

James Buchan quotes: If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

If good history is dispassionate history, it must naturally wait until the passions of the period subside.

James Buchan quotes: By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

James Buchan quotes: Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.

James Buchan quotes: Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.

Economists, like royal children, are not punished for their errors.

James Buchan quotes: Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice.

James Buchan quotes: Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.

Liberty in Islam is the liberty to be a Muslim, democracy likewise, individualism likewise.

James Buchan quotes: Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

Losing your capital is like losing your trousers. It is a real humiliation, and one not to be soon repeated.

James Buchan quotes: Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

James Buchan quotes: The dividing line between wish and need was never clear.

The dividing line between wish and need was never clear.

James Buchan quotes: The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.

The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.