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

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.

I was a sort of son to Ike, and it was the other way round with Kennedy.

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

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.