World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp. Unfortunately, it's… — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
“The Prime Minister says that she has given the French President a piece of her mind – this is not a gift I would… — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
I've always criticised American policy when I've disagreed with it. Just as I've criticised British policy. I was violently anti-Suez and pro-American in 1956,… — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
I've got a happy marriage, which is the most important singular thing. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
Socialism to me is establishing social control of power in society, and where that differs from liberalism for example which aims at a similar… — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
Karl Marx himself preferred a glass of claret to the mug of tea affected by some of his recent converts. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
