There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it

Society today is so organised that every individual group has the power to disrupt it. How is their power to be channelled into constructive channels?

There are no instant solutions.

A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

I sum up the prospects for 1967 in three short sentences. We are back on course. The ship is picking up speed. The economy is moving. Every seaman knows the command at such a moment: 'steady as she goes'.