Enoch Powell Quotes


I have set and always will set my face like flint against making any difference between one citizen of this country and another on grounds of his origin.


Citations

Powell, J. Enoch. Speech to the Annual General Meeting of the West Midlands Area Conservative Political Centre, Birmingham, 20 Apr. 1968. Printed in Powell, J. Enoch. Freedom and Reality. Elliot Right Way Books, 1969, p. 284.

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Enoch Powell
Enoch Powell
  • Born: June 16, 1912
  • Died: February 8, 1998
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Politician

John Enoch Powell MBE was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist, and poet. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (1950–1974), then Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MP (1974–1987), and was Minister of Health (1960–1963).