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Experience Is The Only Real Teacher And If You Keep A Diary You Get Three Bites At Educating Yourself - When It Happens, When You Write It Down, And When You Reread It And Realise You Were Wrong. Making Mistakes Is Part Of Life. The Only Things I Would Feel Ashamed Of Would Be If I Had Said Things I Hadn't Believed In Order To Get On. Some Politicians Do Do That.

Someone Comes Every Morning At Nine O'clock To See If I Am Still Alive. I Do Get Lonely, Yes, But I Have The Children Who Come And See Me. I See All My Children Every Week, And There Are The Grandchildren, Too.

Nelson Mandela Was A Terrorist. And Then He Wins The World Peace Prize And Becomes President Of South Africa. That's How Change Happens. It's Very Important Not To Differentiate Protest From The Democratic Process.

We Used To Have A War Office, But Now We Have A Ministry Of Defence, Nuclear Bombs Are Now Described As Deterrents, Innocent Civilians Killed In War Are Now Described As Collateral Damage And Military Incompetence Leading To Us Bombers Killing British Soldiers Is Cosily Described As Friendly Fire. Those Who Are In Favour Of Peace Are Described As Mavericks And Troublemakers, Whereas The Real Militants Are Those Who Want The War.

Making Mistakes Is How You Learn.