#london

The attacks of September 11 - and subsequent acts of terror from London to Madrid to Fort Hood, Texas - embody the most repulsive of human instincts, the will to power at the price of the lives of others. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#attacks #embody #fort #hood #human

One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients. ↗

— David Miliband

#commonwealth #crown #economics #especially #essential

The suicide bombers who struck London on 7 July 2005 killed 52 innocent people and wounded hundreds more. All of them must live with their memories. And the rest of us will always remember where we were when we heard that London had been hit by the worst terrorist attack in its history. ↗

— Pauline Neville-Jones

#attack #been #bombers #had #heard

When my first novel was published, I went in great excitement round bookshops in central London to see if they had stocked it. ↗

— Antony Beevor

#excitement #first #great #had #i

I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#becomes #believe #care #come #curses

The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St James's Park Tube station in London. ↗

— John le Carre

#intelligence #james #knew #little #london

They never were planning to be here. All my family are going to London because they wanted to go to the big one. There was never any showdown - there wouldn't be. ↗

— Charlotte Church

#because #big #family #go #going

London is a modern Babylon. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#london #modern

London is a roost for every bird. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#every #london #roost

In London we give ourselves a pat on the back, rightly, for not killing one another, for our prejudice being subtle rather than lethal. ↗

— Martin Freeman

#back #being #give #killing #lethal