Denis Healey Quotes
Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.
Jay, Antony, editor. The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations. Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 182.
President Wilson had gone to Paris for peace treaty negotiations. Ex-President Roosevelt was on his deathbed. But even then TR was his politically contentious self.
The Prime Minister was visiting the United States and was staying at the White House. President Roosevelt had a spontaneous thought and wheeled himself into Churchill's room. The Prime Minister was stark naked, having just emerged from the bath. Roosevelt apologized but Churchill was unfazed and known for his nudity in his private quarters. He even used what might have been an awkward moment into an opportunity to make a political point.
The Senator almost certainly meant to say “disagree” but “agree” is what came out in a gaff that had his Western Pennsylvania audience very confused.
He and a few of his colleagues had been invited to the White House for a screening of his latest movie. President George W. Bush had also invited some members of Congress and other Republican politicians. As Crystal was the star of the movie, the President introduced him and invited him to make some remarks.
Clinton’s only political experience prior to his run for the Presidency was as a very successful Governor of Arkansas. Foreign policy was his weak suit.
Trump, in contrast, to other president, in times of crisis, tendned to send tweets on the subject--often very political and divisive--instead of takeing the kind of leadership steps taht were taken by the otehr presidents of the 20th adn 21st century.
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC, FRSL was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the longest-serving Defence Secretary to date. He was a Member of Parliament from 1952 to 1992, and was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. To the public at large, Healey became well known for his bushy eyebrows, his avuncular manner and his creative turns of phrase.
