Their coarseness is the sinew of some kind of brute confidence which is the reason England is home to every shade of political exile. They don't give asylum out of respect for asylum-seekers, but out of respect for themselves. They invented personal liberty, and they know it, and they did it without having any theories about it. They value liberty because it's liberty.


Herzen - The Coast of Utopia: Salvage (2002)

Tom Stoppard Quotes

Their coarseness is the sinew of some kind of brute confidence which is the reason England is home to every shade of political exile. They don't give ...

Their coarseness is the sinew of some kind of brute confidence which is the reason England is home to every shade of political exile. They don't give ...

Their coarseness is the sinew of some kind of brute confidence which is the reason England is home to every shade of political exile. They don't give ...

Their coarseness is the sinew of some kind of brute confidence which is the reason England is home to every shade of political exile. They don't give ...