Bernard Levin

No amount of manifest absurdity... could deter those who wanted to believe from believing.

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.

What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

If we expected self-reliance of family groups, if we expected hardiness and resilience and initiative on the part of individuals, and if we rewarded initiative instead of dependence on government, we would not only ameliorate many of the family-related social problems we see at present, but we would also reduce our vulnerability to terrorism. People who are hardy, resilient, and self reliant are a lot harder to terrorize.