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Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type. — Roy Jenkins

The late Roy Jenkins was both a mentor and a personal friend. He was a man of both phenomenal intellect and political achievement in equal measure. — Charles Kennedy

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive — Roy Jenkins

I like good food and decent wine as much as Roy Jenkins does, but I keep quiet about it. — David Steel

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society. — Roy Jenkins

Stocks are a safe bet, but only if you stay invested long enough to ride out the . that squares with the facts, and with the historical record — Nick Murray

Wizard's Second Rule
The greatest harm can result from the best intentions. — Terry Goodkind

I would just encourage people: your childhood belongs to you, and don't give anyone, especially me, the power to ruin your childhood. — Colin Trevorrow

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good. — Roy Jenkins

You can't just take an image and randomly distort it and call it art - although many people in La Jolla where I come from do precisely that. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Be silent, but let your silence become the loudest message of love and compassion. — Debasish Mridha

Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue — Roy Jenkins

Wine, it's in my veins and I can't get it out. — Burgess Meredith

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life. — Roy Jenkins

I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often. — Roy Jenkins

We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected. — Roy Jenkins

A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect. — Roy Jenkins

Hug your nightmares. — Benjamin R. Smith

Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same. — Jeremy Irons

Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain. — Roy Jenkins

I will close my eyes and leap. — Mary Anne Radmacher

What does infinity mean to you?
Are you not infinity and yourself? — Dejan Stojanovic

Alis volat propiss. (She flies with her own wings.) — Jan Karon

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income — Roy Jenkins

You think I'm a pretty good race car driver? Wait until you see my brother. He's the best driver in the family. — Kurt Busch

The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends. — Roy Jenkins

If you meet somebody who says he or she has never dreamed of flying, I don't believe you. I mean, they're lying. — Bill Nye

Many are hurting for love, while many are suffering from a love that hurts. — Anthony Liccione