Roy Hattersley Quotes & Sayings

We atheists have to accept that most believers are better human beings. — Roy Hattersley

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one. — Roy Hattersley

The Labour Party can go into the next election united behind the most radical manifesto on which we have ever campaigned. — Roy Hattersley

Labour has converted to Europe because Europe has converted to socialism. — Roy Hattersley

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme. — Roy Hattersley

The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society. — Roy Hattersley

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow. — Roy Hattersley

Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance. — Roy Hattersley

One of the problems of our society is that we spend too much time thinking about punishment and not enough about prevention. — Roy Hattersley

People who watch morning television are elderly, infirm or emotionally immature. — Roy Hattersley

Indeed in my blue and white Sheffield Wednesday heart I applauded and supported his loyalty. — Roy Hattersley

A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ... it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society can be fought — Roy Hattersley

I've been in the Labour Party 50 years and it's 40-odd since I was elected to Parliament — Roy Hattersley

I've never known a time when the in-fighting in the Labour Party was so bitter. — Roy Hattersley

Truth is suppressed, not to protect the country from enemy agents but to protect the Government of the day against the people. — Roy Hattersley