Private Matters Quotes



This quotation is very important because it illustrates a big difference between English Conservatives and American conservative (Republicans). In America, the Conservatives were committed to having the government regulate and control the private morality of citizens—particularly in matters of sex. English conservatives, like the Prime Minister, saw this as an improper intrusion of big government.


He refused to answer questions about an alleged affair he was carrying on, and his estrangement from his partner. (He was not married to the “First Lady”. France is much more sophisticated about the sex lives of politicians than is the United States. In addition, French politicians get much more of a zone of privacy from the press—much like that of the United States in the middle of the 20th century.