This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time.

We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who cultivate the land.

Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.

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

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

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.