The worst country I ever lived in, the old U.S.S.R., was crammed with privileges for the political elite. They had their own hospital, their own shops, country houses, and blocks of flats, special lanes on the streets so they could bypass the traffic in their special cars.

Peter Hitchens

Freedom of speech is freedom above all for those whose views you dislike most.

Peter Hitchens

Donald Trump is a symptom, not a disease. The disease is the death of real political conservatism: a cool, intelligent reluctance to believe that all change is good, a love for the established, the particular, and the well-worn.

Peter Hitchens

Skimmed milk was what they used to give to prisoners and workhouse inmates to go with their porridge and gruel. It's a punishment, not a drink.

Peter Hitchens

I have visited nearly 60 countries and lived in the U.S.S.R., Russia, and the U.S.A., and I have never experienced anything as good as what we have. Only in the Anglosphere countries - the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand - is there anything comparable. I am amazed at how relaxed we are about giving this away.

Peter Hitchens

The worst country I ever lived in, the old U.S.S.R., was crammed with privileges for the political elite. They had their own hospital, their own shops, country houses, and blocks of flats, special lanes on the streets so they could bypass the traffic in their special cars.

Peter Hitchens

If a man's reputation can be destroyed in an afternoon by a secret kangaroo court, then we, too, can one day be propelled into a pit of everlasting shame by the same process.

Peter Hitchens

Fear is good and useful when it's deployed on the side of common sense.

Peter Hitchens

The point of Left-wing propaganda is to make us feel powerless.

Peter Hitchens

It's interesting how thrillers reflect the times we live in.

Peter Hitchens

If tough old Lefty Helen Mirren can warm towards the Crown after impersonating Her Majesty, who's next? Since reigning and acting have so much in common, it's surprising all actors aren't fervent royalists.

Peter Hitchens

Nobody under 55 knows anything much about life. Nobody under 30 knows anything.

Peter Hitchens

At every future election, there should be a slot, at the top of each ballot paper, in which we can put a cross against 'None of the below.'

Peter Hitchens

If you really want to conceal something, leave it lying about where everyone can see it.

Peter Hitchens

A referendum is almost always a device by which governments get the voters to endorse what they wanted to do all along.

Peter Hitchens

The picture of Prince Charles meeting Gerry Adams is inexpressibly sad.

Peter Hitchens

What is the point of the police if wrongdoers aren't afraid of them?

Peter Hitchens

News isn't just what happens. It's what a fairly small group of people decide is news.

Peter Hitchens

The sad truth is that mass migration, whatever the colour of the skins of those involved, upsets and worries indigenous people, especially the poorest.

Peter Hitchens

Nobody under the age of 55 should be able to stand for election, and nobody under the age of 30 should be able to vote in those elections.

Peter Hitchens

A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.

Peter Hitchens