"A politician complaining about the media is like……" — Enoch Powell
"A politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea."
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21 Quotes by Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell has 21 quotes on this site.
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History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.
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No battle is worth fighting except the last one.
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I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
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Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea.
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A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing - where would we politicians be if we were…
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Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if…
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Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard…
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All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is…
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We must be mad, literally mad, as a nation to be permitting the annual inflow of some 50,000 dependents, who…
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The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
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Values exist in a transcendental realm, beyond space and time. They can neither be fought for, nor destroyed.
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In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.
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More Complaining Quotes
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
— Arthur Ashe
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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Those who do not complain are never pitied.
— Jane Austen
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You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be…
— Roseanne Barr
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We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to…
— Dave Barry
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God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for…
— Drew Barrymore
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I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too…
— Scott Adams
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing…
— David Beckham
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You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion.
— Adele
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