Ferdinand Mount

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#free press #freedom #freedoms #go #press

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#i #i think #independence #local #local government

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. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

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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. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#because #most #preferred #slept #way

I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#constitutional #i #i think #many #mean

In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#disparity #earnings #greater #poor #real

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. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#column #dear #got #i #nothing

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#both #constitution #fair #generally #must

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

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