If Young Men Have Jobs - Or

Empires, Essentially, Create Order. In Their Absence, You Don't End Up With Lots Of Happy, Little Nation-states Full Of People Sitting Around Campfires Singing John Lennon's "imagine." What You End Up With Is Civil War, Anarchy.

If Young Men Have Jobs - Or The Prospects Of Jobs - They Are Less Likely To Take Up Arms, They Are Less Likely To Join The Resistance.

I Think That It Is Important To Be Gregarious, And That Friendships Are Not Just A Leisure Pursuit, That They Are An Integral Part Of What It Is To Be Human, And One Does Better Work If One Has A Circle Of Friends That Is Active.

The West May Collapse Very Suddenly. Complex Civilizations Do That, Because They Operate, Most Of The Time, On The Edge Of Chaos.

When I First Came To Oxford, I Struggled To Feel Comfortable In An Anglican, Public School-dominated Institution.