Lord Hailsham Quotes


"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
(Related: Men, Doubt, Fact, Nothing)

"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
(Related: Politics, Religion, End, Passion, Prostitution, Religious)

"I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy."
- Lord Hailsham
(Related: Democracy, Expression, Freedom, Right)

"In a confrontation with the politics of power, the soft center has always melted away."
- Lord Hailsham
(Related: Politics, Power)