The Mouse That Saved the West Quotes

“It will not be Grand Fenwick that lies but I,” replied Mountjoy, “and I will take the shame—if discovered. It is a poor man indeed who will not lie for his nation.”
― Leonard Wibberley, The Mouse That Saved the West

“The nearest airport is at Besançon on French territory. He will have to come the rest of the way, perhaps one hundred and twenty kilometers, by car. When the speedometer shows one hundred and sixteen kilometers the chauffeur should watch for a side road marked by a grove of beech trees. He should turn left there, otherwise he will miss Grand Fenwick altogether. There was a sign but it has been destroyed. The French, you know.”
― Leonard Wibberley, The Mouse That Saved the West

“The word had gone around that Americans were big oil users and therefore were wicked. Sometimes it wasn’t just oil that the Americans were accused of using in Gargantuan quantities. It was energy. They used, it was said, with pious scorn, more energy than any other people on earth and the fact that they did more with the energy they used than any other people on earth was quite beside the point. Americans had become ogres, vampires, destroyers rather than leaders of mankind, and in their humanity they destroyed bluebirds, anchovies, pine trees, grass, grizzly bears, black people, the soul, the oceans of the world, and having left their footprints on the moon were probably intent upon doing the same thing there and through the whole of outer space if they were not stopped.”
― Leonard Wibberley, The Mouse That Saved the West