All Ferdinand Mount Quotes
- 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… Connected
- 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… American
- 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… Always Liable
- A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. All
- According to Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief, Bush was so obsessed with Iraq that he failed to take action against Osama Bin… According
- 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… Abiding
- For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind… Actually Want
- For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action;… Action
- I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing. Constitutional
- In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor. Disparity
- No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable. Accepted
- Francis Wheen takes a hugely enjoyable sweep through the tangled thickets of superstition and gullibility in which modern man likes to ramble. He takes particular… Delight
- 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. Comeback
- 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… Britain
- We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity. Equality
- 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… Break
- Why should people be expected to think about the meaning of life merely because they happen to be ill? That is just the time when… Attention
- If life was what you made of it, then it could not be made for you. Inspirational
- One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. Free
- America slept because most Americans preferred it that way. America