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Ferdinand Mount
British
Writer
Born:
Jul 2
,
1939
Action
First
Giving
People
Sense
Will
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
Ferdinand Mount
Freedom
Free
Free Press
Press
Freedoms
Unsung
Read
Go
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
Ferdinand Mount
Government
Old
Independence
Think
Local
Local Government
See
Recover
Parties
Majority
Want
Vigour
America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
Ferdinand Mount
Slept
Way
Most
Because
America
American
Preferred
Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.
Ferdinand Mount
Will
Build
Our
System
Status
Status Quo
Minute
Cast
Argue
Parliamentary
Taken
Generations
Over
Combined
Well
Traditions
Stability
Quo
Centuries
Us
Should
Flexibility
Away
Served
Defenders
For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want.
Ferdinand Mount
Happiness
Hope
Best
People
Sense
Ought
Spells
Faults
Out
Kind
Vividly
Most
Terrible
Because
Still
America
Want
Regardless
Mankind
Actually
Last
I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.
Ferdinand Mount
People
Same Thing
Think
Minds
Constitutional
Come
Reform
Same
Pity
Mean
Much
Many
Thing
In real terms, there is a greater disparity of earnings between the very rich and the very poor.
Ferdinand Mount
Rich
Earnings
Between
Terms
Greater
Real
Very
Poor
Disparity
We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
Ferdinand Mount
Equality
Opportunity
Further
Also
Than
Ever
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes.
Ferdinand Mount
History
Doubt
Criticize
Hopes
Never
Insult
Human
The History Of
Patronize
Unique
Copy
Position
What the world needs now is more Americans. The U.S. is the first nation on earth deliberately dedicated to letting people choose what they want and giving them a chance to get it.
Ferdinand Mount
Needs
People
World
Giving
First
Nation
Earth
More
Deliberately
Get
American
Want
Them
Choose
Dedicated
Now
Letting
Chance
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