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> [Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/truth-is-suppressed-not-to-protect-the-country-from-enemy-agents-but/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

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## More by Roy Hattersley

> [People who watch morning television are elderly, infirm or emotionally immature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/people-who-watch-morning-television-are-elderly-infirm-or-emotionally/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/in-my-opinion-any-man-who-can-afford-to-buy-a-newspaper-should-not-be/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/the-proposition-that-muslims-are-welcome-in-britain-if-and-only-if/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/i-ve-been-in-the-labour-party-50-years-and-it-s-40-odd-since-i-was/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/in-politics-being-ridiculous-is-more-damaging-than-being-extreme/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [The Labour Party can go into the next election united behind the most radical manifesto on which we have ever campaigned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/the-labour-party-can-go-into-the-next-election-united-behind-the-most/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/i-ve-never-known-a-time-when-the-in-fighting-in-the-labour-party-was/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/one-of-the-problems-of-our-society-is-that-we-spend-too-much-time/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/morality-and-expediency-coincide-more-than-the-cynics-allow/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [Indeed in my blue and white Sheffield Wednesday heart I applauded and supported his loyalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/indeed-in-my-blue-and-white-sheffield-wednesday-heart-i-applauded-and/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/a-crucial-contribution-to-the-ideological-argument-it-provides-a/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/familiarity-with-evil-breeds-not-contempt-but-acceptance/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/truth-is-suppressed-not-to-protect-the-country-from-enemy-agents-but/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [Labour has converted to Europe because Europe has converted to socialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/labour-has-converted-to-europe-because-europe-has-converted-to/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

> [We atheists have to accept that most believers are better human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-hattersley/we-atheists-have-to-accept-that-most-believers-are-better-human-beings/)

[Roy Hattersley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-hattersley/)

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