3 Quotes & Sayings By James W Robertson

James W. Robertson, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Security Studies and Director of the Centre for International and Security Studies at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Dr. Robertson holds a PhD from the University of Lethbridge in the field of Conflict Resolution Read more

He has been published in journals including International Security, International Affairs, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal and Journal of Conflict Resolution. In addition to his academic career Dr. Robertson has been a senior official in Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and was a member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Globalization and Development which was responsible for drafting Canada's Global Development Strategy.

He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto since 2006 and chaired their Globalization and Development Workshop in 2007.

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But I do like Scotland. I like the miserable weather. I like the miserable people, the fatalism, the negativity, the violence that's always just below the surface. And I like the way you deal with religion. One century you're up to your lugs in it, the next you're trading the whole apparatus in for Sunday superstores. Praise the Lord and thrash the bairns. Ask and ye shall have the door shut in your face. Blessed are they that shop on the Sabbath, for they shall get the best bargains. Oh yes, this is a very fine country. James W. Robertson
For what is religion if not a kind of madness,...
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For what is religion if not a kind of madness, and what is madness without a touch of religion? James W. Robertson