27 Quotes by 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.

The politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?

I therefore believe that the politics of the left and centre of this country are frozen in an out-of-date mould which is bad for the political and economic health of Britain and increasingly inhibiting for those who live within the mould. Can it be broken?

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

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

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

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

I do not think you can push public expenditure significantly above 60 per cent and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice. We are here close to one of the frontiers of social democracy

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life