“Now, are those engaged in the business of governing any different by nature from those they govern?""Yes. They're prideful and tend to sexual misconduct. Also, the situation of being in government tends to drive you mad.""But are they more virtuous or more intelligent? Or more compassionate?""Ha!""Let's call that one a 'no.”

British novelist and commentator

Nick Harkaway, born Nicholas Cornwell, is a British novelist and commentator. He is known for writing under the name Nick Harkaway, and has 132 quotes on the site. Under that name, he wrote the novels The Gone-Away World, Angelmaker, Tigerman, Gnomon, Titanium Noir, and Karla's Choice, as well as the non-fiction study The Blind Giant: Being Human in a Digital World. He also wrote two novels under the pseudonym Aidan Truhen.