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Roy Jenkins
British
Politician
About the author
We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Time
#Government
#Revolution
There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Enemy
The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Society
The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Life
#Party
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.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Will
#Present
#Politics
#Party
I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Friends
A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.
Roy Jenkins,
British
Politician
#Deep
#Class
#Party