I believe that the BBC, in spite of the stupidity of its foreign propaganda and the unbearable voices of its announcers, is very truthful. It is generally regarded here as more reliable than the press.

England is the most class-ridden country under the sun. It is a land of snobbery and privilege, ruled largely by the old and silly.

It is brought home to you...that it is only because miners sweat their guts out that superior persons can remain superior.

News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising.

[What Hayek] does not see, or will not admit, [is] that a return to "free" competition means for the great mass of people a tyranny probably worse, because more irresponsible, than that of the State. The trouble with competitions is that somebody wins them. Professor Hayek denies that free capitalism necessarily leads to monopoly, but in practice that is where it has led, and since the vast majority of people would far rather have State regimentation than slumps and unemployment, the drift towards collectivism is bound to continue if popular opinion has any say in the matter.

What is not hereditary cannot be permanent.

One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death.