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

~Ferdinand Mount

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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

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

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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.

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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.

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Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which.

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The president is being denounced for not taking the kind of pre-emptive action in Afghanistan that he has been so passionately denounced for taking in Iraq. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

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We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.

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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.

~Ferdinand Mount

Topics: Copy Criticize Doubt History Hopes Human Insult Never Position The History Of Unique

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What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.

~Ferdinand Mount

Topics: American Chance Choose Dedicated Deliberately Earth First Get Giving Letting More Nation Needs Now People Them Want World

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: July 2nd, 1939

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