James Callaghan Short Quotes

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I had known it was going to be a 'winter of discontent'.

James Callaghan
You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.

James Callaghan
A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

James Callaghan
You cannot now, if you ever could, spend your way out of a recession.

James Callaghan
A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

James Callaghan
A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

James Callaghan
I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.

James Callaghan
Now that the House of Commons has declared itself, we shall take our case to the country.

James Callaghan
Of the popularity of Mrs thatcher:
The further you got from Britain, the more admired you found she was.

James Callaghan
We say that what Britain needs is a new social contract. That is what this document [Labour's Programme for Britain] is about.

James Callaghan
Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class.

James Callaghan
Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

James Callaghan
First of all, please make sure that you go and vote in the Common Market referendum on Thursday. And secondly, the Government asks you to vote 'Yes', clearly and unmistakeably.

James Callaghan
Now, now, little lady, you don't want to believe all those things you read in the newspaper about crisis and upheavals, and the end of civilization as we know it. Dearie me, not at all.

James Callaghan
If we were to fail, I do not think another Government could succeed. The result would be a National Government situation and I fear it would lead to totalitarianism of the Right or Left.

James Callaghan