James Callaghan Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by James Callaghan:

There are no instant solutions.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#d0165a73

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#ee50f00e

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#963a0d02

Your strike will not win. You cannot be allowed to succeed.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#96a4324f

You can never reach the promised land. You can march towards it.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#017ae76d

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#dff1ae4a

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#9b9a8799

A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#8c603a7c

A lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#e2388bab

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#7526cb63

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#1d7fd2a6

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.
~James Callaghan


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#6d2147ed

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.
~James Callaghan


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#b571be0b

I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'.
~James Callaghan


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/james-callaghan-quotes/#fda11af3

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