Quotations

"We shall soon be in a world in which a man may be howled down for saying that two and two make four, in which furious party cries will be raised against anybody who says that cows have horns, in which people will persecute the heresy of calling a triangle a three-sided figure, and hang a man for maddening a mob with the news that grass is green."


G. K. Chesterton

"We continue to understand how immigration is changing our country and how it will continue to change our country. We have learned that our country must be a country of immigration as well as of integration.”

Angela Merkel speaking to an NGO that offers help with careers to immigrants and their children, the occasion which she chose to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the German constitution.

"It is quite legitimate for nations to treat those [their] differences as a sacred inheritance and guard them at all costs.” 

Pope Pius XII in the encyclical Summi Pontificatus in 1939.

“The term ‘nation’ designates a community based in a given territory and distinguished by its culture. Catholic social doctrine holds that the family and the nation are both natural societies, not the product of mere convention.”

Pope John Paul in his final book, Memory and Identity.


“In the US, many on the Left cannot understand why conservative Christians vote for Donald Trump. I don’t like Trump at all, and I don’t support some of his policies, but as a traditional Christian I don’t fear him. I fear the Left. Its politicians have affirmatively demonised Christians. They really do believe that we are not just wrong, but evil.’’

Rod Dreher



"There are many who argue that rising inequality is a driver for populism. I am a little cautious about this, at least in the context of the UK, simply for the reason that inequality (contrary to what nearly everyone thinks they know) is not, in fact, rising. As the IFS has pointed out, income inequality has remained pretty consistent since the 1990s and, since the Great Recession of the late 2000s, earnings growth has generally been greatest for lower earners.

"Nonetheless, economic insecurity is clearly a contributing factor. But I would place greater weight on cultural insecurity – the fear that their culture is under threat and being marginalised. Parts of society not only feel economically disadvantaged but culturally disadvantaged.

"In recent decades, we have seen dramatic changes in the nature of our society – changes which, I would argue, are overwhelmingly positive. Conservatives should welcome changes that have made society more open and diverse and have meant that life has become much better for women, gay people and ethnic minorities.

"But elements of society look back to a period where their position in society was more secure and stable, their culture dominant and with an expectation that that culture would remain dominant throughout the life times of their children and grandchildren."

David Gauke, Lord Chancellor of England.


“Can everyone look at their hands please?”


Joan Ryan MP addressing a Change UK rally on Thursday which three dozen people attended. People held out their hands in front them.

“That’s it, it’s there, the future is in your hands.”