I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy. Lord Hailsham More Quotes by Lord Hailsham More Quotes From 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 true religion. Lord Hailsham honest passion religious Mercy is not what every criminal is entitled to. What he is entitled to is justice. Lord Hailsham punishment criminals justice The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger. Lord Hailsham democracy politics dull The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right. Lord Hailsham educational winning way Abuse is the very hallmark of liberty. Lord Hailsham abuse liberty drug We are in the presence of a recruiting drive systematically and deliberately undertaken by American business, by American universities, and to a lesser extent, American government, often initiated by talent scouts specially sent over here to buy British brains and preempt them for service of the U.S.A. ... I look forward earnestly to the day when some reform of the American system of school education enables them to produce their own scientists so that, in an aimiable free trade of talent, there may be adequate interchange between our country and theirs, and not a one-way traffic. Lord Hailsham science country school You ought not to be ashamed of being bored. What you ought to be ashamed of is being boring. Lord Hailsham boredom ashamed boring A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given. The fact that 1 or 2 men out of 12 differ from the others does not establish that their doubts are reasonable. Lord Hailsham doubt men facts A politician who enters public life may as well face the fact that the best way of not being found out is not to do anything which, if found out, will cause his ruin. Lord Hailsham ruins may way Political liberty is nothing else but the diffusion of power. Lord Hailsham diffusion liberty political If dictatorship is the concentration of power, freedom consists in its diffusion. Lord Hailsham concentration dictatorship political In a confrontation with the politics of power, the soft center has always melted away. Lord Hailsham soft always politics power
