Hugh Gaitskell Quotes

• Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  People, Half, Politics

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• It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state...it means the end of a thousand years of history.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Mean, Independent, Years

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• We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Parliament, Sovereignty, Parliamentary

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• In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Mean, Years, Lasts

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• I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Education, School, Tradition

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• In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Holiday, Years, People

  "Hansard", House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 486, col. 849,

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• Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Science, Bombs, Tests

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• We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  Men, He Man, Strict

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• You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

  Hugh Gaitskell

  People, Common, European Union

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