11 Quotes filtered by Lord Hailsham
The Labour Party of the present is one of the most doctrinaire and bigoted organisations in the world.
Lord Hailsham
Category: Labour Party
The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.
Lord Hailsham
Category: Democracy, Politics is...
I have seen too much of the office of Prime Minister at close quarters to have any illusions that it brings happiness to the recipient.
Lord Hailsham
Category: Prime Minister (Office of)
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
Category: Politicians (as a species)
Law is, of course, in a sense, no more than a gigantic confidence trick. If enough people did not obey the law it would be totally unenforceable.
Lord Hailsham
Category: Rule of Law
The real price one pays for a lay magistracy is, of course, undue lenience.
Lord Hailsham
Category: Justice & Sentencing
A great Party is not to be brought down because of a squalid affair between a woman of easy virtue and a proven liar.
Lord Hailsham 13/06/1963
On the Profumo scandal
Category: Conservative Party, Sex Scandals
If the British public fall for this I will say it will be stark staring bonkers.
Lord Hailsham 12/10/1964
On the 1964 Labour manifesto.
Category: Manifestos
