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"The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised s..." — Roy Jenkins

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society.
Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins Politician • British
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The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered.
— Roy Jenkins
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