In Character: What Makes a Politician Become a Statesman

我這幾天收拾狼藉滿桌的書本，不然會被老媽子責罵，哈哈。收拾其間看到一本自己斷斷續續看的訪談錄，這是John Mortimer寫的In Character，05年時我在圖書館舊書義賣中以超低價五元買了回來，因為第一個受訪者就是Lord Denning。

這令我想起了不少開心的往事，當然我也不忘看看自己以前在書角寫下的眉批。其實我在很久以前談「同情心」的網誌裡引用過這本書：http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/our_wch/article?new=1&mid=1201

‘…but I'm not sure his(Winston Churchill's) heart was in being a Conservative.’
Lord Butler's eyes were shining. Somewhere deep inside he seemed to be suppressing another giggle. ‘Winston used to ring me up before a Budget and say, “Remember compassion!”’

我06年看時，在這句旁邊寫下了這樣的眉批：It makes a politician to a statesman. 

還有一些我劃下記號的句子，例如：

Archbishop Runcie: We've produced a competitive society which condemns anyone who doesn't succeed on it's own terms. It's very cruel, and it's a new form of deprivation.

And,

Tony Benn: it's the evil in man that makes democracy necessary and man's belief in justice that makes democracy possible.

And,

Roy Jenkins: In a sentence, I believe in introducing humanitarian conscience and reform; concerns for those who don't easily survive in a rough world.

“Remember compassion!”’開卷有益，此之謂也！