Quotes about "Politics & Government"

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right. ”

I think the British people are very, very attached to the idea that the health service is free at the point of use. But there is no reason why every doctor, nurse and teacher in this country has to be employed by the state. ”

I believe in public services. ”

I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged. ”

Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy. ”

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane. ”

The Office for Budget Responsibility correctly stay out of the political debate and do not assess the long-term costs and benefits of E.U. membership. ”

Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition. ”

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ”

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. ”