Quintin Hogg

"If you can tell me there are no adulterers on the front bench of the Labour Party you can talk to me about Profumo."

"A great party is not to be brought down because of a scandal by a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar."

"There is a sense in which all law is nothing more nor less than a gigantic confidence trick."

"Being Conservative is only another way of being British."

"Moderation is the hallmark of our country and the burden of our Conservative faith. ... n an age of violence the Conservative watchwords must be law, justice, moderation and humanity."

"What is urgently needed is some limitation on this nominally elected dictatorship. It is here that I join hands with the conventional Bill of Rights enthusiasts, of whom...I am not one."

"Conservatives do not believe that political struggle is the most important thing in life...The simplest among them prefer fox-hunting—the wisest religion."

"I believe that the proper way to approach this problem is not to wait until Herr Hitler makes more demands, but tell him we are going to make some demands. I should tell him that if he wanted anything…"