John Enoch Powell (June 16, 1912 - February 8, 1998), British politician.
- The world is full of evil men engaged in doing evil things. That does not make us policemen to round them up nor judges to find them guilty and to sentence them. What is so special about the ruler of Iraq that we suddenly discover that we are to be his jailers and his judges? 1990
- Most people are. The only change is that is has become a term of abuse... I just don't like America or Americans. It is like saying you like sugar in your tea. De gustibus non est disputandum.1986
- When asked whether he was anti-American
- Britain's fondness for America has turned this country into something horribly resembling a satellite of the United States. 1983
- A party is not the private property of its leader. 1973
- Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price. 1973
- Often when I am kneeling down in church, I think to myself how much we should thank God, the Holy Ghost, for the gift of capitalism. 1968
- Toryism is about enjoyment. 1966
- Hospital building is not like pyramid building, the erection of memorials to endure to a remote posterity. 1961
