Reginald Maudling
Reginald Maudling (7 March 1917 – 14 February 1979) was a barrister and British Conservative politician.
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Quotes
[edit]- Sorry, old cock, to leave it in this shape.
- Note left in 1964 for James Callaghan, the incoming Chancellor of the Exchequer. Cited in Callaghan's memoirs Time and Chance (1987).
- The Conservative Party has one overriding concern in foreign policy, and that is the growth of Communist power and influence in the world, and the dangers it can bring for all of us.
- The Times (26 April 1976).
Attributed
[edit]- There comes a time in every man's life when he must make way for an older man.
- Remark made in Smoking Room of House of Commons on being dropped from Margaret Thatcher's Shadow Cabinet.
- For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country.
- Said on the aeroplane after visiting Northern Ireland for the first time.
