There has been throughout this country and throughout Europe really an attempt silence the conservative voice. We get identified, caricatured and then demonised and made to look as though we are some kind of sinister, fascist, racist kind of people.

There is a chapter in 'Gentle Regrets' called 'Coming Home' which is really me expressing my later admiration for my father's public spirit.

What makes a politician accountable is not that there are millions of people who vote, but that there are procedures of government that force him to account for himself.

Roger Scruton Quotes