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Famous Quotes about British Politics - 1
Here are some quotes about British Politics.
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I got fed up with all the sex and sleaze and backhanders of rock and roll so I went into politics. - Tony Blair Nov 1994
It's like putting Dracula in charge of a blood bank. - Roger Lyons trade-union leader, on Michael Portillo's appointment as employment secretary, Aug 1994.
You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own. - John Major to German chancellor Helmut Kohl at G7 summit meeting in Halifax, June 1995.
I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective. - The late John Smith UK Labour Party leader, July 1993.
I went to Rio for the day once, not so much for environmentally friendly reasons but more to help British industry to export weapons of mass destruction. I regret that I was unsuccessful in securing the necessary contract. - Neil Hamilton UK junior trade minister, April 1994.
Being wrong is one of the privileges of public life, and indeed it is widely practised. - Tony Benn Labour member of Parliament, Feb 1995.
Are you depressed, unhappy, suicidal? Then think what it's like for me as a Conservative candidate. - John Kelly local-government politician, Manchester, April 1995.
'It is fatal in life to be right too soon.'
Enoch Powell, March 1979
Enoch Powell, March 1979
'It is never wise to try to appear to be more clever than you are. It is sometimes wise to appear slightly less so.'
William Whitelaw MP, 1975
William Whitelaw MP, 1975
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he is a statesman - David Lloyd George
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We blame in others only the faults by which we do not profit.
You can find more quotations like this one in the Alexandre Dumas category.
You can find more quotations like this one in the Alexandre Dumas category.
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