Edward Heath Quotes

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified.

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.

The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.

The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election.

A ready smile concealed a firm mind.

We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for the nation as a whole.

I said it three times actually.

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

I have always had a hidden wish, a frustrated desire, to run a hotel.

We will have to embark on a change so radical, a revolution so quiet and yet so total, that it will go far beyond the programme for a parliament.

I do not often attack the Labour Party, they do it so well themselves.

Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement.

Other countries have far greater problems than we have.

Pitt the Younger was a great British Prime Minister. He saved Europe from Napoleon, he was the pilot who weathered the storm. I don't know whether he'd have done it any better or quicker had he been married.

I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so.

There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.

Leadership is all about right and wrong.

Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.

I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.

Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.