WHERE THERE’S
A WILLIE, THERE’S
A WAY

It is never wise to appear to be more
clever than you are. It is sometimes
wise to appear slightly less so.

William Whitelaw

I was one of those people who
was always rather frightened
of women politicians.

William Whitelaw

I have kissed her often before (but
not) on a pavement outside a hotel
in Eastbourne. We have done it in
various rooms in one way or another
at various functions. It is perfectly
genuine and normal – and normal and
right – to do so.

William Whitelaw, when questioned on kissing Margaret
Thatcher outside the National Young Conservatives’

Conference in Eastbourne

Lawless schools produce
lawless children.

William Whitelaw

I have the thermometer in my mouth
and I am listening to it all the time.

William Whitelaw on party morale in the election campaign
of October 1974

The Labour Party is going about the
country stirring up apathy.

William Whitelaw