Famous Tory Quotes............

William Pitt the Younger
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom: it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."

Benjamin Disraeli
"Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends."

"The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps."

Andrew Bonar Law
"There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom."

Sir Winston Churchill
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

"Trying to tax a nation into prosperity is like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself by the handles."

"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

"This is not the end; it is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

"A Labour Government is a government of the duds, by the duds and for the duds."

Harold Macmillan
"Events, dear boy, events!"

Sir Edward Heath
"We may be a small island, but we are not a small people."

Margaret Thatcher
"If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing."

"You turn if you want to. The lady is not for turning."

"If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity."

Sir John Major
"A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it."


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