Roy Hattersley

“Privatisation is the final proof of the government's failure to manage the public sector.”

“If you want a quiet life, you don't go into politics.”

“The pursuit of equality is the essence of socialism.”

“We should be in the business of changing society, not abandoning it.”

“The family is the building block of society. It is a nursery, a school, a hospital, a leisure centre, a place of refuge and a place of rest.”

“He can't see a belt without hitting below it.”

“A society in which the rich are very much richer than the poor is a society which, by its very nature, is corrupted.”

“I am not in politics to be popular. I am in politics to do what I believe to be right.”

“For me, socialism is not a theory, a doctrine or a dogma. It is a value-judgment.”