Hugh Gaitskell quotes

Hugh Gaitskell quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state...it means the end of a thousand years of history.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

Source : "Hansard", House of Commons, 5th series, vol. 486, col. 849,

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“We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.”
-- Hugh Gaitskell

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“If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to who we were, then we couldn't do better than the Natural History Museum, although it wouldn't contain a single human. The systematic Linnean order, the vast inquisitiveness and range of collated knowledge and beauty would tell all that is the best of us.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2008). “Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
“Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
“Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.”
“The art of Frida Kahlo is a ribbon around a bomb.”

Source : "Surrealism and Painting". Book by André Breton, 1972.
“Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror”
“After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.”
“You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians.”
“I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.”
“I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.”
“Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.”

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