Edward Heath

"Benn, Shore and Foot were like the three witches in Macbeth. ... In some darkened room of Transport House, on the very left of the building, they are busy boiling their own witches' brew. A dash of di…"

"We shall have a harder Christmas than we have known since the war."

"I regard Mr Benn as a menace to the country. He was guilty of sabotage last year when he rejected an offer of Community help with the readjustment necessary due to steel plant closures in Wales."

"What I have in common with the right hon. Member for Cardiff, South-East is that, undeniably, our generation came into Parliament because we were determined to prevent what happened in the 1930s from …"

"It would not be in the interests of the Community that its enlargement should take place except with the full-hearted consent of the parliaments and its peoples of the new member countries."

"There are some in this country who fear that in going into Europe we shall in some way sacrifice independence and sovereignty, even that we shall begin to lose our national identity. These fears, I ne…"

"It was the most enthralling episode in my life"

"For all Mr. Gorbachev's policies, is he prepared to see the break-up of the Soviet empire? I do not think so for one moment."