Alan Clark Professions : British member of Parliament Born : April 13, 1928 Died : September 5, 1999 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Alan Clark There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. Alan Clark sharks true-friend blood Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark apology work giving There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague. Alan Clark senior political party In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers. Alan Clark inevitable-death politics political The only solution is to kill 600 people in one night. Let the UN and Bill Clinton and everyone else make a scene - and it is over for 20 years. Alan Clark night people years The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them. Alan Clark conservation protect helping They're just actors. I much prefer the real thing! Alan Clark much thing just real Similar Authors Aylmer Hunter-Weston british-member-of-parliament Eleanor Rathbone british-member-of-parliament Edwina Currie british-member-of-parliament James Oglethorpe british-member-of-parliament Roger Helmer british-member-of-parliament Robert Rhodes James british-member-of-parliament All Authors