"Politicians who complain about the media are like……" — Enoch Powell

Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about… - Enoch Powell

"Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea."

— Enoch Powell

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21 Quotes by Enoch Powell

Enoch Powell has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen.
No battle is worth fighting except the last one.
A politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea.
I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.
A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing - where would we politicians be if we were…
Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if…
Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard…
All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is…
We must be mad, literally mad, as a nation to be permitting the annual inflow of some 50,000 dependents, who…
The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.
Values exist in a transcendental realm, beyond space and time. They can neither be fought for, nor destroyed.
In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.

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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
Those who do not complain are never pitied. — Jane Austen
You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never… — Stanley Baldwin
Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be… — Roseanne Barr
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for… — Drew Barrymore
I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing… — David Beckham
You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion. — Adele
The French complain of everything, and always. — Napoleon Bonaparte
When I'm back in New York - and this is a terrible thing to complain about - I eat a… — Anthony Bourdain
Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. — Jean de la Bruyere
I've waited my entire life to be busy. Whenever I hear actors complain about being busy, I think, 'shut up.'… — Steve Carell

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