Crime Quote by Roy Hattersley

“One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.” quote by Roy Hattersley — Download Open image

“One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention.”

Roy Hattersley

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People who watch morning television are elderly, infirm or emotionally immature.

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In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one.

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In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

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The Labour Party can go into the next election united behind the most radical manifesto on which we have ever campaigned.

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I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter.

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Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

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Indeed in my blue and white Sheffield Wednesday heart I applauded and supported his loyalty.

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Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

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Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people.

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