If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.
Mitch Albom
I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.
We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight... →
Madeleine Albright
A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.
Amos Bronson Alcott
The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-trust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that... →
Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for... →
Alexander Alekhine
The character and fight against fascism moved centre stage when, in 1936, Franco attempted to overthrow by force the Popular Front Government of... →
Bill Alexander
The anger in the Brigade against those who fought the Republic in the rear was sharpened by reports of weapons, even tanks, being kept from the front... →
It was here in Edinburgh that in the 1980s I joined with many others to protest against Margaret Thatcher as she arrived to address the General... →
Douglas Alexander
Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe... →