Familiarity with evil breeds not contempt but acceptance.

Quote by Roy Hattersley

Topics: Contempt Quotes

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be...

In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be...

The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving...

The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving...

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind;...

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind;...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Politics is not an exact science.

Politics is not an exact science.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they...

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of...

I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet...

I'll show you politics in America. Here it is, right here. 'I think the puppet...

Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in...

Jewish people have been victims of anti-Semitism in many parts of the world, and in...

No man is fit to be a Senator... unless he is willing to surrender his...

No man is fit to be a Senator... unless he is willing to surrender his...

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or...

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and...

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or...

Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or...