There is a sacred realm of privacy for every man and woman where he makes his choices and decisions – a realm of his own essential rights and liberties into which the law, generally speaking, must not intrude. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Geoffrey Fisher
Until you know that life is interesting – and find it so – you haven’t found your soul. Geoffrey Fisher
Who knows whether in retirement I shall be tempted to the last infirmity of mundane minds, which is to write a book. Geoffrey Fisher
Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom. Geoffrey Fisher
My feelings are those of a schoolboy getting in sight of the holidays. Or more seriously, my feelings are perhaps those of a matador who has decided not to enter the bull ring. Geoffrey Fisher (on approaching retirement).
The long and distressing controversy over capital punishment is very unfair to anyone meditating murder. Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury