“Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power.”
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Famous Michael Foot Quotes
“Socialism without public ownership is nothing but a fantastic apology.”
“There are judges who stretch the law... to suit reactionary attitudes.”
Source: Debts of Honour
“The only man I knew who could make a curse sound like a caress.”
“I have never been in favour of expelling people from the Labour Party.”
“Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read.”
“Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.”
Source: Debts of Honour
“Politicians live in little worlds of their own and imagine these are the universe.”
“He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.”
Source: Another heart and other pulses: the alternative to the Thatcher society
“How long will it be before the cry goes up: "Let's kill all the judges"?”
“Think of it! A second chamber selected by the Whips. A seraglio of eunuchs.”
“A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.”