“We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.”
“We have lost the art of public tenderness, these small gestures of wiping and washing; we have forgotten how abjectly the body welcomes a formal touch.”
“Lord, where we are wrong, make us willing to change; where we are right, make us easy to live with.”
“By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”
“Women's bodies are public domain, as evidenced clearly at the present time by the furor over abortion. Everyone has an opinion about what a woman should or should not do with her body. ”
“Public opinion is the worst of all opinions.”