Auberon Waugh

Auberon Waugh (November 17, 1939 – January 16, 2001) was an English author and journalist, son of Evelyn Waugh.

Quotes

• Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power.
  • "The Power Urge," essay in The Spectator (15 December, 1982); reprinted in Another Voice (1986), p. 92

• I don't want 'constructive criticism'. I want praise.
  • Cited in The Times Literary Supplement (6 March 2009)

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