Alan Clark Quotes

• There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water.

  Alan Clark

  True Friend, Sharks, Blood

  1990 Diary entry, 30 Nov.

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• Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology.

  Alan Clark

  Work, Apology, Giving

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• There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague.

  Alan Clark

  Senior, Party, Political

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• In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

  Alan Clark

  Inevitable Death, Political, Politics

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• The only solution is to kill 600 people in one night. Let the UN and Bill Clinton and everyone else make a scene - and it is over for 20 years.

  Alan Clark

  Night, Years, People

  "BBC plots Alan Clark drama" by Chris Tryhorn, www.theguardian.com. August 7, 2003.

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• The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them.

  Alan Clark

  Helping, Conservation, Protect

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