Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by David Steel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician David Steel.
Last updated on September 18, 2024.
David Steel

David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, is a British politician. Elected as Member of Parliament for Roxburgh, Selkirk, and Peebles, followed by Tweeddale, Ettrick, and Lauderdale, he served as the final leader of the Liberal Party, from 1976 to 1988. His tenure spanned the duration of the alliance with the Social Democratic Party, which began in 1981 and concluded with the formation of the Liberal Democrats in 1988.

I am against any pact with the Nationalists because I am against pacts in principle.
I like good food and decent wine as much as Roy Jenkins does, but I keep quiet about it.
I foresee a Liberal vote so massive and the number of Liberal MPs so great that we shall hold the initiative in the new Parliament. — © David Steel
I foresee a Liberal vote so massive and the number of Liberal MPs so great that we shall hold the initiative in the new Parliament.
Liberals have always opposed the concept of an independent nuclear deterrent.
All politicians have vanity. Some wear it more gently than others.
To listen to some people in Politics, you'd think-nice-was a four-letter word.
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