Toby Young

“Having a child is to make a permanent and irrevocable decision to have your heart go walking around outside your body.”

“The reason I’m a conservative is that I believe in the preservation of institutions that have been tested by time and survived.”

“Free speech is the lifeblood of a democratic society. Without it, we are not truly free.”

“Meritocracy is the most humane and efficient of all systems of social organization. It is also the most just.”

“The great thing about being a journalist is that you can be a dilettante and call it a career.”

“Cancel culture is a form of social control, a way of policing thought and behavior that is profoundly intolerant.”

“Political correctness is the fascism of the left.”

“I am a fully paid-up member of the free-market, libertarian, conservative right.”

“The problem with social mobility is that it’s a zero-sum game. For every person who goes up, someone has to go down.”

“Education is not about making people feel good, it's about giving them the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.”

“The only 'safe space' I'm interested in is one in which people are free to speak their minds without fear of being silenced.”

“The London media world is a very small pond, and I was the greasiest frog in it.”