- Nov 07, 2020
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- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change.
- Parliament
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.
- Dubious
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- Nov 07, 2020
You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020