"I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power."

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"I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power."

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"If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

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"All the problems of the nation are nothing, in comparison to the might of God."

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"Confusion is a weapon that is used by others to gain a temporary objective or advantage."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"Utilizing the Power of Your Heart is the most significant choice you will make in life."

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"In a market economy, however, the individual has some possibility of escaping from the power of the state."

Peter L. Berger, Austrian Sociologist

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"All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"I remembered seeing it and it was this metallic turbine and I thought it was beautiful. I had never been in a power plant before, but I felt, without being overly dramatic, compelled to make photographs of this for myself."

John Sexton, American Educator

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"We're all as susceptible to the lure of power."

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Explore more quotes by Kenneth Clarke

"I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics."

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"My sense is that the majority of Conservatives share my reservations about how we got into Iraq."

Reservations

"The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the man to do it."

Health

"I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change."

Change

"Energetic action on debt would make a radical difference to the prospects of many of the poorest countries in the world, at no practical cost to creditor countries."

Action

"I cannot remember a time in opposition - I am talking about the last four years - when we have done less work on policy and more on slogans. But because of my European views I wasn't allowed to participate."

Time

"The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country."

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"It would be immoral to walk away from the consequences of our actions, leaving behind anarchy and civil war in Iraq."

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"I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead the Conservative Party to make quicker progress back into power."

Power