Quotations

"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."
Henry Kissinger. American diplomat, political scientist, geopolitical consultant and politician.

​

"Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed." 
Bertrand Russell. British mathematician and philosopher.

​

"Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary." 
Robert Louis Stevenson. Scottish novelist, essayist and poet.

​

"There is no absolute knowledge. And those who claim it, whether they are scientists or dogmatists, open the door to tragedy.”
Jacob Bronowski. Polish-British mathematician and philosopher.

​

"You just don't understand the readers, do you, eh? He's the bloke you see in the pub, a right old fascist, wants to send the wogs back, buy his poxy council house, he's afraid of the unions, afraid of the Russians, hates the queers and the weirdos and drug dealers. He doesn't want to hear about that stuff." 
Kelvin MacKenzie. Former editor of The Sun.

​

"It was not a pre-meditated, organised party. He was, in a sense, ambushed with a cake."
Sir Connor Burns. MP and former Minister of State for Trade Policy.

​

"I hate all politics. I don’t like either political party. One should not belong to them – one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking."
Ray Bradbury. American author and screenwriter. 

​

"The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government." 
Thomas Paine. Political activist, philosopher, political theorist and revolutionary.

​

"I have never purchased a tin of baked beans in my life."
Oliver Dowden OBE. MP and Deputy Prime Minister.

​

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." 
Groucho Marx. American comedian, actor and writer.