Quentin Letts > Quotes

“Religious faith has declined. Secularist pulpiteer Richard Dawkins may be a fiendishly bookish fellow but he has done more to erode our substratum than anyone since Lucifer. Like many of the people who have buggered up Britain, Dawkins leads a comfortable life, cocooned in wealth and wisdom. To him it is an intriguing intellectual struggle, a paper battle played out in lecture halls and radio studios. He, like so many of his fellow false prophets, is separated from the spiritual poverty of the people whose life experiences he has diminished.”
― Quentin Letts, 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

“Since 1986 violence in schools has multiplied. Our streets are now roamed by feral youths who have never experienced the pain they inflict on the victims of their violence. They have never feared an adult, never been shamed into better conduct, never hesitated from a course of misconduct because they were worried about being caned.”
― Quentin Letts, 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain