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If our system of cabinet government is to work effectively, the prime minister of the day must appoint ministers he or she trusts and then leave them to carry out that policy.

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As the resignation letter which I wrote to the Prime Minister clearly implies, it was not the outcome I sought, but it is one that I accept without rancour, despite what might be described as the hard landing involved.

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We should be forced to give so many exemptions and concessions (inevitably to the benefit of high spending authorities in Inner London) that the flat-rate poll tax would rapidly become a surrogate income tax.

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The Treasury has enough trouble with forecasts even when they are trying to get them right.

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We already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.

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To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.

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The NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion.

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There is always, of course, a limit in a democracy as to what is politically possible, so you have to respect that limit. But in my experience, governments tend to be too timid.

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The successful conduct of economic policy is possible only if there is - and is seen to be - full agreement between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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Britain's destiny lies in Europe.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: March 11th, 1932

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