If Britain becomes a member of the Community, it will be healthier for Britain, advantageous for Europe, and a gain for the whole world. I do not know of many economic or political problems in the world which will be easier to solve if Britain is outside rather than inside the Community.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

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

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.

Those who advocate devaluation are calling for a reduction in the wage levels and the real wage standards of every member of the working class.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

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'.