Michael Heseltine
5 quotes
Biography
"I knew that, "He who wields the knife never wears the crown.""
"The market has no morality."
"Polluted rivers, filthy streets, bodies bedded down in doorways are no advertisement for a prosperous or caring society."
"If I have to intervene to help British companies... I'll intervene—before breakfast, before lunch, before tea and before dinner. And I'll get up the next morning and I'll start all over again."
"I have followed the inspiration of Churchill, Macmillan, Heath and Thatcher, who gave Britain a leading position in one of the power blocks of the 21st century. I have seen that overturned on a cynical exploitative combination of promises led by Boris Johnson. He won a large majority on the slogan Get Brexit Done. Yet here we are, years later, when the criticism, even from its most fanatical supporters like Nigel Farage, is that Brexit has failed."