Frank Dobson Quotes

• The Government's enthusiasm for 24 hour drinking puzzles me... We want people to be responsible, yet we urge them to drink.

  Frank Dobson

  Drinking, Government, People

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• My own view is that if you filled every member of the parliamentary Labour party with a truth drug and lashed them to a polygraph lie detector, very, very few of them would support foundation hospitals.

  Frank Dobson

  Lying, Party, Views

  "The unofficial opposition: furry, fearless and perfectly Frank" by Jackie Ashley, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2003.

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• It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money.

  Frank Dobson

  Important, Reputation, Raises

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• All businessmen are scum.

  Frank Dobson

  Scum, Businessman

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• There are alternate definitions of manhood in the West.

  Frank Dobson

  Definitions, West, Manhood

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• If you say someone is thrilled, it implies talk of an exciting project. I'm wary of such talk.

  Frank Dobson

  Projects, Exciting, Ifs

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• The present system of protecting NHS patients was a bit of a shambles.

  Frank Dobson

  Nhs, Patient, Bits

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• I don't think we can go into important local elections next year... with Tony Blair as leader and expect to keep many of the councillors we've got now.

  Frank Dobson

  Thinking, Years, Leader

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• I think I've had a very privileged life.

  Frank Dobson

  Thinking, Privileged Life, Privileged

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• Smoking is the now the principal avoidable cause of premature death in Britain. It hits the worst off people hardest of all. Smoking is one of the principal causes of the health gap which leads to poorer people being ill more often and dying sooner.

  Frank Dobson

  People, Smoking, Dying

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• I am not against Muslim schools. But as I believe in integration, I think we would be better off overall if we did not have denominational schools at all.

  Frank Dobson

  Believe, School, Thinking

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• People of all ages, including children, have been exposed to clever and eye-catching advertising material, .. All that will now change. Tobacco advertising is going to end, and it's going to end soon,.

  Frank Dobson

  Children, Clever, Eye

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