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> [A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing - where would we politicians be if we were not allowed to talk it sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/a-little-nonsense-now-and-then-is-not-a-bad-thing-where-would-we/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

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## More by Enoch Powell

> ['Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and fresh grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/helping-industry-is-the-elephant-pit-of-socialism-a-deep-hole-with/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [I refer to the misunderstanding of Soviet Russia as an aggressive power, militaristically and ideologically bent upon world domination 'seeing', to quote a recent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/i-refer-to-the-misunderstanding-of-soviet-russia-as-an-aggressive/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [If in the words which the Secretary of State has just used, the use of a nuclear weapon is to be avoided 'at all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/if-in-the-words-which-the-secretary-of-state-has-just-used-the-use-of/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/the-supreme-function-of-statesmanship-is-to-provide-against/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/all-political-lives-unless-they-are-cut-off-in-midstream-at-a-happy/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [A single currency means a single government, and that single government would be the government whose policies determined every aspect of economic life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/a-single-currency-means-a-single-government-and-that-single/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [It so happens that I never talk about race. I do not know what race is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/it-so-happens-that-i-never-talk-about-race-i-do-not-know-what-race-is/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [It is the English, not their Government; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/it-is-the-english-not-their-government-for-if-they-were-not-blind/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [It depends on how you define the word "racialist." If you mean being conscious of the differences between men and nations, and from that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/it-depends-on-how-you-define-the-word-racialist-if-you-mean-being/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [For a politician to complain about the press is like a ship's captain complaining about the sea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/for-a-politician-to-complain-about-the-press-is-like-a-ship-s-captain/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [Virtually the entire inflow was therefore Asiatic, and all but three or four thousand of that inflow originated from the Indian subcontinent... It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/virtually-the-entire-inflow-was-therefore-asiatic-and-all-but-three/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/the-enemies-of-advertising-are-the-enemies-of-freedom/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of remarks which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/the-prime-minister-shortly-after-she-came-into-office-received-a/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [You have to give the electorate a tune they can whistle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/you-have-to-give-the-electorate-a-tune-they-can-whistle/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

> [Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard myself as a Tory.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/of-course-i-am-very-proud-of-being-a-tory-yes-in-my-head-and-in-my/)

[Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/)

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