It isn't those who always addressing each other as comrade who necessarily show the most brotherly feelings.

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live "in a period of transition." Many people have said this at many times. Adam may well have made the remark to Eve on leaving the Garden of Eden.

There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers

Most of our people have never had it so good.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.