Quote #12

They say that Gladstone was at the Treasury from 1860 to 1930. I intend to be Minister of Labour from 1940 to 1990!

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  1. If I may again refer to the different political concepts, there is, I think rather unfortunately, running through all the speeches and writ…
  2. My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!
  3. I think that in the little argument going on now in New York and the differences that have arisen there are emerging three very fundamental…
  4. If you open that Pandora's Box, you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out!
  5. There should be a study of a house directly elected by the people of the world to whom the nations are accountable.
  6. Not while I'm alive he ain't.
  7. We need 720,000 men continuously employed in this industry. This is where you boys come in. Our fighting men will not be able to achieve th…
  8. We have got to have this thing over here whatever it costs. We've got to have the bloody Union Jack on top of it.

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