The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.

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Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be...

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be...

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.

Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation.

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so....

The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so....

No wonder Americans hate politics, when year in, year out, they hear politicians make promises...

No wonder Americans hate politics, when year in, year out, they hear politicians make promises...

We should realize that the average family in America spends five minutes a week on...

We should realize that the average family in America spends five minutes a week on...

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion...

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the...

Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous...

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to...

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without...

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without...