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. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
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… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point,… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama… — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
