No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There can be no activist judges from any political party.
No one should be allowed to stand for Parliament without proof that he has taken responsibility for other people.
No political event can be judged outside of the era and the circumstances in which it took place.
If an individual wants to be a leader and isn't controversial, that means he never stood for anything.
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders.
Denis Healey refused to contribute an article to the 'Guardian' about his intentions, and was punished by the electorate - and then all Labour MPs - for his presumption in assuming they already knew everything about him. He became famously the best prime minister we never had. Perhaps.
Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
In the midst of fighting there is no place for public debate.
No one out there is interested in who did what to whom in Westminster politics.