British - Politician | October 9, 1907 - October 12, 2001
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
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The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
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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.
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In a confrontation with the politics of power, the soft center has always melted away.
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I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.
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