I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

- Hugh Gaitskell

We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.

- Hugh Gaitskell

In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our gene…

- Hugh Gaitskell

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

- Hugh Gaitskell

It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state...it means the end of a thousand years of history.

- Hugh Gaitskell

We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best.

- Hugh Gaitskell

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

- Hugh Gaitskell

In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.

- Hugh Gaitskell

Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.

- Hugh Gaitskell