33 Quotes by Denis Healey

Unless you understand the history of a situation, you can’t ever hope to solve problems.

I often compare Margaret Thatcher with Florence Nightingale. She stalks through the wards of our hospitals as a lady with a lamp. Unfortunately, it’s a blowlamp.

I’ve got a happy marriage, which is the most important singular thing.

Trying to create a sense of common interest does involve getting people actually to work together on common problems. It can’t be created by law, that’s why I disagree with the liberal approach becuase it’s essentially a lawyer’s approach.

I’ve always criticised American policy when I’ve disagreed with it. Just as I’ve criticised British policy. I was violently anti-Suez and pro-American in 1956, just as I was violently anti-Soviet on the invasion of Hungary which took place at the same time.

When you're in a hole, stop digging.