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The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.

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I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often.

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We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected.

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A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.

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The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.

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There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

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The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: November 11th, 1920

Died: January 5th, 2003

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