Gaitskell Quotes & Sayings

The way he looked at her made her heart beat fast. "I like you, Natalie."
She could not let that mean anything to her.
"That's natural. I'm likable. — Ophelia London

In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends. — Hugh Gaitskell

The most moving speech I have ever heard was Hugh Gaitskell saying he would 'fight, fight and fight again to save the party we love. That was the right message in 1960, and I believe it is still the right message today. — Roy Jenkins

Humor does not include sarcasm, invalid irony, sardonicism, innuendo, or any other form of cruelty. When these things are raised to a high point they can become wit, but unlike the French and the English, we have not been much good at wit since the days of Benjamin Franklin. — James Thurber

In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later. — Hugh Gaitskell

You know, guys, it is possible for two women to work together and get along. — Elizabeth Vargas

Courage is a bridge to your destiny;
perseverance is the highway. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace, including the acceptance that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance. — Eckhart Tolle

We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament. — Hugh Gaitskell

He never said a foolish thing nor never did a wise one. — John Wilmot

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools. — Hugh Gaitskell

It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state ... it means the end of a thousand years of history. — Hugh Gaitskell

Glass shot an irritated glance at Red, who had an uncanny knack for spotting problems and an utter inability for crafting solutions. — Michael Punke

Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs. — Hugh Gaitskell

Over the course of the last decade, I have become vividly aware of a literally lethal challenge from the sort of people who deal in absolute certainty and believe themselves to be actuated and justified by a supreme authority. To have spent so long learning so relatively little, and then to be menaced in every aspect of my life by people who already know everything, and who have all the information they need ... More depressing still, to see that in the face of this vicious assault so many of the best lack all conviction, hesitating to defend the society that makes their existence possible, while the worst are full to the brim and boiling over with murderous exaltation. — Christopher Hitchens

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not. — Hugh Gaitskell

We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best. — Hugh Gaitskell

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go. — Hugh Gaitskell