Ferdinand Mount

Writer

1939-07-02

Books by Ferdinand Mount

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We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.
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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.
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For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.
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