Karl Marx himself preferred a ...

Karl Marx himself preferred a glass of claret to the mug of tea affected by some of his recent converts.
 Denis Healey

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World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings.
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An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.
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We cannot hope to achieve full employment and sustain it until we have mastered inflation.
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Being attacked by him is like being savaged by a dead sheep.
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Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.
 Denis Healey