Michael Howard Quotes

#1. What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

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#2. We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.

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#3. There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

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#4. I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

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#5. Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.

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#6. I write to remember. I read to forget.

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#7. We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

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#8. We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

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#9. The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

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#10. A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

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#11. History is what we read, write and think about the past.

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#12. So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

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#13. Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.

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#14. I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister ... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.

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