Ferdinand Mount Quotes
It's true that I'm taking a break from writing a regular column to do other things but it's got nothing to do with what dear Simon has or has not written.
No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.
What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.
All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which.
Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.
Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
I hate churches, all of them. But they used to know something about the importance of silence.
I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.