The Third World is very much like the First World - just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well.

As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky once remarked – referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but never tasted any omelette.

John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Life in a free society...is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia.

I hate extremes of any kind. Communism [seeks] the domination of the state over the individual... All my life I have stood against banning Communism or other extremist organisations because, if you do that, they go underground and it gives them an excitement that they don't get if they are allowed to pursue their policies openly. We'll beat them into the ground on argument...

I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.