David Steel famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Who could be luckier than to be paid fairly well, which to be honest MPs are, for pursuing their hobby.? That's what politics is.
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.
I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support.
When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.
Any MP has to have a proper family life, they have to have support of their partner.
Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.
Soul brother number 1+1 Gettin' fed like where drugs and guns come from
Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.
The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.

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