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

He brings to the fierce struggle of politics the tepid enthusiasm of a lazy summer afternoon at a cricket match.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.

No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.

The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with faith to fight for it

What should be the glory of the profession is that a doctor should be able to meet his patients with no financial anxiety.