Roy Hattersley Quotes

• The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society.

  Roy Hattersley

  Wisdom, Islamic, Ifs And

  The Independent, July 21, 1989.

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• Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

  Roy Hattersley

  Acceptance, Evil, Suffering

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

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  Political, Politics, Ridiculous

  Evening Standard, May 9, 1989.

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

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  Thinking, Punishment, Prevention

  Roy Hattersley's remarks at the House of Commons debate, www.publications.parliament.uk. December 17, 1990.

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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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  Country, Government, People

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

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  Loyalty, Heart, Blue

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• Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

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  Pregnancy, Morality, Expediency

  The Guardian, September 30, 1988.

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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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  Party, Next, Election

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

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  Morning, Elderly, People

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• Labour has converted to Europe because Europe has converted to socialism.

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  Europe, Socialism, Labour

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• A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society can be fought

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  Intellectual, Battle, Argument

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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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  Party, Fighting, Bitter

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• We atheists have to accept that most believers are better human beings.

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  Atheist, Accepting, Believer

  "Faith does breed charity" by Roy Hattersley, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2005.

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• I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament

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  Party, Years, Odd

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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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  Men, Opinion, Newspapers

  "Maxwell: The Outsider". Book by Tom Bower, 1988.

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