We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run down.

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.

I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in.