I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

[Criticizing as "appalingly complacent" a Conservative Government report that by the '60s, Britain would be producing all the scientists needed] Of course we shall, if we don't give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don't use many.

This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don't have a lot of difficulty.

A week is a long time in politics.

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.