It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.

There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

If you open that Pandora's Box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out.

If you let that sort of thing go on, your bread and butter will be cut right out from under your feet.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.