Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking quotes

By the end of the 1970s Britain was in a mess. (Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking)
So all the system was running down and collapsing. Mrs. Thatcher became the leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975, and she clearly wanted to strike out and do something different. View quote
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual. View quote
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless. View quote
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship. View quote
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
Privatization came on slowly. When something very big happens, like privatization, historians and economists like to think you must have had very big causes. That is not how it happened. View quote
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

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Occupation: English Politician
Born: November 3, 1934
Quotes count: 6