30+ Edward Heath Quotes (Prime Minister, Conservative And Europe.)

Edward Heath was a British politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974. He was the leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975 and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1950 to 2001. He is best remembered for leading the United Kingdom into the European Economic Community in 1973.

Top 10 Edward Heath Quotes

1. Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.
2. A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.
3. There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.
4. Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.
5. We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for the nation as a whole.
6. I do not often attack the Labour Party, they do it so well themselves.
7. Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement.
8. I have no interest in sailing around the world. Not that there is any lack of requests for me to do so.
9. Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.
10. There's a lot of people I've encouraged and helped to get into the House of Commons. Looking at them now, I'm not so sure it was a wise thing to do.

Edward Heath Short Quotes

• I have always had a hidden wish, a frustrated desire, to run a hotel.
• Other countries have far greater problems than we have.
• A ready smile concealed a firm mind.
• Leadership is all about right and wrong.
• I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.
• I don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?
• We shall have a harder Christmas than we have known since the war.
• Whatever the lady does is wrong. I do not know of a single right decision taken by her.
• I said it three times actually.
• If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.

Edward Heath Famous Quotes And Sayings

I was delighted that by campaigning throughout England, Scotland and Wales, addressing in all 39 public meetings, I had contributed to the victory of the Conservative Party at this general election. — Edward Heath

Pitt the Younger was a great British Prime Minister. He saved Europe from Napoleon, he was the pilot who weathered the storm. I don't know whether he'd have done it any better or quicker had he been married. — Edward Heath

This was a secret meeting on a secret tour which nobody is supposed to know about. It means that there are men, and perhaps women, in this country walking around with eggs in their pockets, just on the off-chance of seeing the Prime Minister. — Edward Heath

The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism. — Edward Heath

We will have to embark on a change so radical, a revolution so quiet and yet so total, that it will go far beyond the programme for a parliament. — Edward Heath

We have had eight years of consistent and persistent attacks on those four years in government - and on me, personally, but that does not matter - by people who were collectively responsible for those four years. — Edward Heath

I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government. — Edward Heath

In excluding me from the shadow cabinet, Margaret Thatcher has chosen what I believe to be the only wholly honest solution and one which I accept and welcome. — Edward Heath

The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society — Edward Heath

You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified. — Edward Heath

Life Lessons by Edward Heath

1. Edward Heath showed that it is possible to remain committed to principles and values, even in the face of difficult challenges and opposition.
2. He also demonstrated the importance of collaboration and compromise in order to achieve progress and success.
3. He also showed the importance of having a clear vision and strategy to guide decision-making and to ensure that progress is made in the right direction.