The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

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

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

We believe that unless we give opportunity to the strong and able, we shall never have the means to provide real protection for the weak and the old.

He (Aneurin Bevan) enjoys prophesying the imminent fall of the capitalist system, and is prepared to play a part, any part, in its burial, except that of mute.

You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt.

Power? It's like a Dead Sea fruit. When you achieve it, there is nothing there.