QUOTES OF THE DAY

Within the next 8 weeks or so Britain will probably have a new Prime Minister, and if it doesn’t we will know who it is going to be. Here are some quotes then from previous incumbents. With Winston Churchill you could fill a full blog for a year, so I have left him out just to give the others some chance of recognition!

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
Clement Richard Atlee

I have never found in a long experience of politics that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
Harold Macmillan

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
David Lloyd George

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher

One man's wage rise is another man's price increase.
Harold Wilson

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
Harold Wilson