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> [The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/the-moment-politics-becomes-dull-democracy-is-in-danger/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

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## More by Lord Hailsham

> [Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/mercy-is-not-what-every-criminal-is-entitled-to-what-he-is-entitled/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given. The fact that 1 or 2 men out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/a-reasonable-doubt-is-nothing-more-than-a-doubt-for-which-reasons-can/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/the-best-way-i-know-of-to-win-an-argument-is-to-start-by-being-in-the/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [You ought not to be ashamed of being bored. What you ought to be ashamed of is being boring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/you-ought-not-to-be-ashamed-of-being-bored-what-you-ought-to-be/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/the-introduction-of-religious-passion-into-politics-is-the-end-of/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/i-regard-freedom-of-expression-as-the-primary-right-without-which-one/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [We are in the presence of a recruiting drive systematically and deliberately undertaken by American business, by American universities, and to a lesser extent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/we-are-in-the-presence-of-a-recruiting-drive-systematically-and/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [If dictatorship is the concentration of power, freedom consists in its diffusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/if-dictatorship-is-the-concentration-of-power-freedom-consists-in-its/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [Political liberty is nothing else but the diffusion of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/political-liberty-is-nothing-else-but-the-diffusion-of-power/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/the-moment-politics-becomes-dull-democracy-is-in-danger/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [Abuse is the very hallmark of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/abuse-is-the-very-hallmark-of-liberty/)

[Lord Hailsham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lord-hailsham/)

> [In a confrontation with the politics of power, the soft center has always melted away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/in-a-confrontation-with-the-politics-of-power-the-soft-center-has/)

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> [A politician who enters public life may as well face the fact that the best way of not being found out is not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lord-hailsham/a-politician-who-enters-public-life-may-as-well-face-the-fact-that/)

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