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> [Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/surely-the-right-course-is-to-test-the-russians-not-the-bombs/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

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## More by Hugh Gaitskell

> [Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/let-us-not-forget-that-we-can-never-go-farther-than-we-can-persuade/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/in-the-last-few-years-we-have-learned-to-distinguish-the-means-of/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/i-can-assure-you-that-there-is-no-question-of-us-throwing-away-the/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/we-could-not-have-parliamentary-sovereignty-with-a-european-parliament/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/we-really-must-keep-under-control-and-pretty-strict-control-the-area/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state...it means the end of a thousand years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/it-does-mean-if-this-is-the-idea-the-end-of-britain-as-an-independent/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/surely-the-right-course-is-to-test-the-russians-not-the-bombs/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/in-recent-years-hours-of-work-have-been-reduced-holidays-have-been/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

> [You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-gaitskell/you-still-hear-some-people-speaking-as-though-we-could-decide-whether/)

[Hugh Gaitskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-gaitskell/)

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