Decades Quotes by Michael Howard

We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.

— Michael Howard

There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

— Michael Howard

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

— Michael Howard

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

— Michael Howard

I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22…

— Michael Howard

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

— Michael Howard

I will never stand again for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

— Michael Howard

I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even…

— Michael Howard

People often of masterful intelligence, trained usually in law or economics or perhaps in political science, who have led their governments into disastrous decisions…

— Michael Howard

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable…

— Michael Howard

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

— Michael Howard

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him…

— Michael Howard