I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.

All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?

I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers.

I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.

I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.

I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.

World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.