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“I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?” quote by Edward Heath — Download Open image

“I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?”

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I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of…

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Pitt the Younger was a great British Prime Minister. He saved Europe from Napoleon, he was the pilot who weathered the storm. I don't…

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We may be a small island, but we are not a small people.

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You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified

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This was a secret meeting on a secret tour which nobody is supposed to know about. It means that there are men, and perhaps…

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We have had eight years of consistent and persistent attacks on those four years in government - and on me, personally, but that does…

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In excluding me from the shadow cabinet, Margaret Thatcher has chosen what I believe to be the only wholly honest solution and one which…

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A ready smile concealed a firm mind.

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Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

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Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.

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The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.

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A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

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Consequently, citizen legislators, rotating back to their communities after a short period of public service—considered an indispensable and routine characteristic and design of representative government at the time of the founding, and for a century thereafter—have been replaced with a professional ruling class led by governing masterminds. For the most part, they are isolated from the communities from which they…

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God has given this way of life to Israel: to abstain from everything which is contrary to nature, that is to say, anger, fits…

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Iron and coal dominated everywhere, from grey to black: the black boots, the black stove-pipe hat, the black coach or carriage, the black iron frame of the hearth, the black cooking pots and pans and stoves. Was it a mourning? Was it protective coloration? Was it mere depression of the senses? No matter what the original color of the paleotechnic…

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The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play…

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