“If you scratch a Conservative, you find a Fascist.”

“Scratch the Christian and you find the pagan — spoiled.”

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.”

“Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.”

“Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.”

“Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.”

“Scratch an Englishman and find a Protestant.”

“People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused.”

“But are there not many Fascists in your country?'
'There are many who do not know they are Fascists, but will find it out when the time comes'.”

“If you want a conservative country, you need a conservative populace. Immigration is changing the country, and there will be no changing it back. If you don’t understand that, you are the enemy of any conservative undertaking.”