Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.
—Kenneth Clark
Topics: Debt
People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.
—Kenneth Clark
Topics: Civilization
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
—Kenneth Clark
Topics: Attitude, Pessimism, Cynicism
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