I think the socialist movement, by removing many, many people from grinding stagnation and poverty and overwork, does enable people not just to lead better lives but to be better people.

What word or expression do you most overuse? Re-reading a collection of my stuff, I was rather startled to find that it was 'perhaps.

A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators.

Religion is compulsory in English schools, you know.

Forget it. Never explain; never apologize. You can either write posthumously or you can't.

The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he has more than once said publicly that he wants to be anointed as defender of all faiths—another indication of the amazing conceit he has developed in six decades of performing the only job allowed him by the hereditary principle: that of waiting for his mother to expire.