Charles Clarke citations

“I don’t mind there being some medievalists around for ornamental purposes, but there is no reason for the State to pay for them.”

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Charles Clarke

Speech at University College, Worcester, April 2003 (Reported in the Times Educational Supplement, May 2003)

“The fact is, we're looking for a very small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.”

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Home Secretary Charles Clarke, BBC radio, July 2005 following the London bombings

“I am not in any way opposed to medieval studies (or for that matter Latin).”

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Education Secretary Clarke, Letter to the Guardian, May 2003