Roy Jenkins Quotes
-
Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue
→ -
The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.
→ -
I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice. We are here close to one of the frontiers of social democracy.
→ -
A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect
→ -
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected
→ -
I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?
→ -
There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.
→ -
The most moving speech I have ever heard was Hugh Gaitskell saying he would 'fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love. That was the right message in 1960, and I believe it is still the right message today.
→ -
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society
→ -
Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain.
→ -
The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered
→ -
There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive
→ -
Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.
→ -
A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income
→ -
The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life
→
Related Authors
-
-
Harold Wilson Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Hugh Gaitskell British Politician -
Denis Healey Chancellor of the Exchequer -
Winston Churchill Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
David Steel British Politician -
Shirley Williams British Politician -
Anthony Crosland British Politician -
Edward Heath Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
James Callaghan Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Alec Douglas-Home Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
H. H. Asquith Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Michael Foot Former Leader of the Labour Party -
Roy Hattersley British Politician -
Charles Kennedy British Politician -
Harold MacMillan Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn British Politician -
Clement Attlee Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom -
Enoch Powell Former Financial Secretary to the Treasury -
Tony Benn Former Member of the European Parliament
Popular Topics
- Eye For An Eye
- Hot Air Balloons
- High School Senior Inspirational
- Jesus Words
- Sad Moments
- Two Ways
- International Community
- Looks
- Spiritual Love
- Amir
- Cappuccino
- Be Considerate
- Good Things In Life
- Malaysia
- Kind Man
- Lessons To Be Learned
- Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
- Ballet Class
- Engaged
- Remembers Everything