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Roy Jenkins [1920-2003] British
Rank: 107
Politician, British Politician


Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC was a British Labour Party, SDP and Liberal Democrat politician, and biographer of British political leaders.

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The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered. Politics
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The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
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We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected.
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I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often.
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A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect.
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The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life.
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There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.
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