Denis Healey

“When you're in a hole, stop digging.”

“World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; and most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse strings.”

“Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging.”

“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.”

“First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!”

“It is a good thing to follow the First Law of Holes: if you are in one, stop digging.”