quotes of the week

Saturday 11 February 1995 19:02 EST
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Golly, it's high, isn't it?

Dr Mike Foale, the first Briton to walk in space, 250 miles above the Indian Ocean

We are faced with a generation of politicians who shamefacedly tell us that black is white - when we and they know it is darkest dark - and who lie almost every time their lips move.

Andrew Neil, commentator

You have to write the right kind of speeches and promote the right kind of beliefs or you won't get preferment. The system produces nonentities or people who have conditioned themselves not to say startling things.

The Ven George Austin, Archdeacon of York, on his prospects of becoming a bishop

She will never get to be Dame Teresa if she goes on like this. Which is a pity. Because Teresa Gorman would go down in the political annals as the Dame who didn't give a damn.

Gerald Kaufman, Labour MP

The growth of inequality is of growing concern to business. It is not just a question of morality or social justice.

Howard Davies, director general of the CBI

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