Quotes by Neil Kinnock

“The enemy of idealism is zealotry.”

“You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.”

“Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.”

“The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.”

“I would die for my country but I could never let my country die for me”

“Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, theres a lot to make you angry.”

“I?m not even sure I?d go into a reformed House of Lords. But let?s put it like this, the decision would have been easier had there been not even complete reform but a substantial stride.”

“I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.”

“Ive been so bloody respectable and responsible... Im going to be a bloody old nuisance.”

“Mr Blair made the decision before the election that it would be his last as leader,”

The unforgivable political sin is vanity the killer diet is sour grapes.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.