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# Malcolm Rifkind

(1946)   Politician

 **3** quotes in **18** categories

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Malcolm Rifkind is a politician.

## Quick Facts About Malcolm Rifkind

Born June 21, 1946

Profession Politician

## About Malcolm Rifkind

British politician (born 1946)... \| Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind is a British politician who served in the cabinets of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1986 to 1997, and most recently as chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament from 2010 to 2015.

##  Quotes by Malcolm Rifkind

> [You'd be surprised how much free time I have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-rifkind/you-d-be-surprised-how-much-free-time-i-have/)

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[Free](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/free/)

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> [Whenever I think about the budgetary problems, I think about the problems of Errol Flynn ... reconciling net income with gross habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-rifkind/whenever-i-think-about-the-budgetary-problems-i-think-about-the/)

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> [The solution is not to reinvent ourselves, not to ape the Labour Party or the Liberal Democrats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-rifkind/the-solution-is-not-to-reinvent-ourselves-not-to-ape-the-labour-party/)

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