All the research shows that being married, with all its ups and downs, is by far the most effective way of making young men law-abiding and giving them a sense of purpose and self-worth.

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

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.

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

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.

I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.

If life was what you made of it, then it could not be made for you.