33 Quotes by Denis Healey

Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging.

World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings.

The Prime Minister says that she has given the French President a piece of her mind – this is not a gift I would receive with alacrity.

It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!

Squeeze the rich until the pips squeak

If you’re in a hole, stop digging.

We cannot hope to achieve full employment and sustain it until we have mastered inflation.