Words matter. These are the best Kenneth Clarke Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Politicians should inspire you to vote, they should appeal to people.
Without legal aid, and the dedicated lawyers who deliver it, our system of justice would quite simply collapse.
I am not a creature of giant business and I think that small- and medium-sized businesses will derive the most benefit from the removal of bureaucratic obstacles to trade.
Whether we remain in the European Union will determine Britain’s future role in the world and the comparative success of our economy for our children and grandchildren.
Jonathan Hill is an old friend of mine; I have worked with him for many years and know him to be a man of outstanding ability who has never sought a public profile.
Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries.
I am a stalwart supporter of the British judiciary who are the best in the world.
Nigel Farage has persuaded too many people that we have lost control of our borders.
No country anywhere in the world allows material that genuinely puts national security at risk into the public domain, and that includes a courtroom.
Britain’s political voice depends on our role as a leading and influential member of the E.U. If we leave, we are of less value to our allies and of less concern to our enemies. We need the strongest voice we can get in the dangerous modern world.
Access to justice is a fundamental part of a properly functioning democracy.
Trade deals are not the vehicle for raising or lowering standards of protection for consumers, the environment, workers or anyone else. Regulations are made by governments and parliaments.
When E.U. governments are able to agree on political and economic policies, they will remain a superpower to influence the Americans, the Russians, Indians and Chinese over the coming decades. Britain on its own would resume the decline which continued through most of the 20th century.
If the prime minister really believes it, he must be the only person left who thinks that the recent bombs in London had no connection at all with his policy in Iraq.
Margaret Thatcher and John Major knew that bluff and bravado doesn’t work in Brussels.
I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power.
Margaret was the best prime minister of my lifetime. Mythology has turned Thatcher into someone regarded either as a goddess by her supporters or an evil witch by her opponents.
All political careers are a rollercoaster.
Locking people up without reducing the risk of them committing new crimes against new victims the minute they get out does not make for intelligent sentencing.
I don’t think at my age… you can start ruling people out in politics.
It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq.
Of course I’d have loved to be Prime Minister. But I’m not nursing a grievance.
