Enoch Powell

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Politician · British · 1912–1998

British politician (1912–1998)

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“History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.”

“The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.”

“All political lives unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture end in failure.”

“All political lives unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture end in failure.”

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“History is littered with the wars everybody knew could never happen.”
— Enoch Powell
altercation conflict democracy diplomacy

“The other dangerous delusion from which those who are wilfully or otherwise blind to realities suffer, is summed up in the word "integration." To be integrated into a population means to become for...”
— Enoch Powell
anti-immigration culture immigration integration

“Working in Britain, particularly in the public services, they should be prepared to accept the terms and conditions of their employment. To claim special communal rights (or should one say rites?) ...”
— Enoch Powell
anti-immigration culture integration politics

“The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.”
— Enoch Powell
imagination nations

“All political lives unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture end in failure.”
— Enoch Powell
politicians

“All political lives unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture end in failure.”
— Enoch Powell
politicians