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In Parliament it should not only be the duty but the pleasure of the Opposition to oppose whenever they reasonably can.

Iain Macleod

We now have the worst of both worlds – not just inflation on the one side or stagnation on the other side, but both of them together. We have a sort of 'stagflation' situation.

Iain Macleod

History is too serious to be left to historians.

Iain Macleod

John Fitzgerald Kennedy described himself, in a brilliant phrase, as an idealist without illusions. I would describe the Prime Minister as an illusionist without ideals.

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To have a debate on the National Health Service without the right hon. Gentleman [Aneurin Bevan] would be like putting on Hamlet with no one in the part of the First Gravedigger.

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I cannot help it if every time the Opposition are asked to name their weapons they pick boomerangs.

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The Conservative Party always in time forgives those who were wrong. Indeed often, in time, they forgive those who were right.

Iain Macleod

Iain Macleod

Iain Macleod

Born: November 11, 1913

Died: July 20, 1970 (aged 56)

Bio: Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister. He is credited with coining the term nanny state.

Known for:

Troots
Venus in Tweeds
A Whisky Kiss
Radical Mestizo
The Arms Dealer's Daughter

Iain Macleod on Wikipedia

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