"I don’t know whether it’s age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price."
― John le Carre
Topic(s):
Age
More From John le Carre
- "If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing."
- "When you’re my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I’d just like to get a few more novels under my belt."
- "I mean, I’m in the business of storytelling, not message making."
More In Age
- "To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age."― Amos Bronson Alcott
- "America is about to turn the page on Barack Obama’s four-year experiment in big government."― Mitch McConnell
- "In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us."― Beverly Sills