Geoffrey Howe Quotes

• Margaret Thatcher was beyond argument a great Prime Minister. Her tragedy is that she may be remembered less for the brilliance of her many achievements than for the recklessness with which she later sought to impose her own increasingly uncompromising views.

  Geoffrey Howe

  Views, Achievement, Tragedy

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• It's one of the reasons [professional politicians] why people's confidence in the electoral system has declined so much. They have all become shadowy political creatures

  Geoffrey Howe

  People, Political, Politician

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• I personally feel very undecided whether it is better for a woman to stay and look after the home or go out to a job.

  Geoffrey Howe

  Jobs, Home, Feminism

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• There was no question of generation change or saying goodbye to the past or modernizing sloganising.

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  Goodbye, Past, Generations

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• The well-being of the British people and the health of our economy are far more important than any government's commitment to a particular strategy, but to change course now would be fatal to the whole counter-inflation strategy.

  Geoffrey Howe

  Commitment, Government, People

  "Chancellor determined not to change course in the fight against inflation". The Times, March 11, 1981.

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