David Blunkett Quotes

I regret what happened. I saw no other possibility to achieve my goal. It was not hooliganism.

Time solves most of these things, and today, most people think he did the right thing.

No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

He does not deserve this. He has done many things, not all good, but he does not deserve this. And he never did get his priest.

What is done, is done: Spend not the time in tears, but seek for justice.

I wanted to be rid of him," he says. He raises my chin with his thumb. "But not if it meant being rid of you. I climbed in beside you, and you put your head in my lap. You can't think I would have left you like that." "Look what it got you," I say. "Tea in bed and you here in front of me," he says. "It was a terrible decision, and I confess I'd make it again.

Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.

Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

Embarrassment isn't a just cause of action.

It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.

There's nothing wrong with blame, if blame is due.

I didn't feel sad or happy. I didn't feel proud or ashamed. I only felt that in spite of all the things I'd done wrong, in getting myself here, I'd done right.

The more you want, the more you stand to lose

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time- To let the punishment fit the crime- The punishment fit the crime.

It was the most amazing feeling in the world. to know that something right happened, and to know that it had happened not through luck or command but simply because it was right.

I took the easy way, and to an extent I regret that. Still, though, the way we did it was honest. We played it and sang it the way we felt it, and there's a lot to be said for that.

Might have gone further and have fared worse.

You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.

Piece of Heaven?" "No, that other place I'm going to go to for thinking what I'm thinking.

Bravery is the solution to regret.

Solomon made a big mistake when he asked for wisdom.

It is grievous to be caught.

Survivors lived with their mistakes.

There can be no peace if the occupation continues.