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.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

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