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.

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

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

There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.

We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution ... The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.

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