Edmund Burke

By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

A flat-rate poll tax would be politically unsustainable; even with a rebate scheme, the package would have an unacceptable impact on certain types of household.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.