Michael Howard Quotes

• The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.

  Michael Howard

  Sabio, Sabiduría, Inteligente

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• Personas a menudo de inteligencia magistral, formadas por lo general en derecho o economía o quizás en ciencias políticas, que han llevado a sus gobiernos a tomar decisiones desastrosas y a cometer errores de cálculo porque no conocen en absoluto el trasfondo histórico, el universo cultural, de las sociedades extranjeras con las que tienen que tratar.

  Michael Howard

  Gobierno, Derecho, Personas

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• We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

  Michael Howard

  Amor, Amistad, Relación

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• I make no apologies for any inconsistencies or contradictions in my essays. Those who do not change their minds in the course of a decade have probably stopped thinking all together.
  The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.

  Michael Howard

  Wise, Clever, Military

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• The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

  Michael Howard

  Hands, Bravery, Important

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• So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

  Michael Howard

  Paz, Guerra, Gobierno

  Michael Howard (1962). “The Causes of Wars and Other Essays”, p.25, Harvard University Press

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• A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

  Michael Howard

  Elements, Common, Language

  "s Full text: Michael Howard's speech". www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2004.

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• Seamos claros. La cárcel funciona. Garantiza que estemos protegidos de asesinos, atracadores y violadores, y hace que muchos de los que están tentados de delinquir se lo piensen dos veces.

  Michael Howard

  Thinking, Muggers, Prison

  "Howard seeks to placate 'angry majority". The Independent, October 7, 1993.

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• What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

  Michael Howard

  Mean, Responsible, Ministers

  "Blair: Howard is exploiting Dixon" by Tom Happold, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2005.

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• History is what we read, write and think about the past.

  Michael Howard

  Escribir, Pasado, Pensar

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• There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

  Michael Howard

  Election, Opinion, Polls

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• No podemos acogerlos a todos en este país [solicitantes de asilo], es una expectativa completamente irrealista.

  Michael Howard

  Country, Expectations, Asylums

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• We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

  Michael Howard

  Trust, Politician, Don't Trust

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• Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.

  Michael Howard

  Victory, Settling, Blair

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• I will never stand again for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

  Michael Howard

  Party, Conservative, Conservative Party

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• I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister... I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.

  Michael Howard

  Sex, Past, Debate

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• I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

  Michael Howard

  Believe, Past, Law

  "Howard urges limits on 'too easy' abortions" by Gaby Hinsliff, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2005.

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