I am much nearer to creating one nation than Labour will ever be. Socialism is two nations. The privileged rulers, and everyone else. And it always gets to that. What I am desperately trying to do is create one nation with everyone being a man of property, or having the opportunity to be a man of property.

I do not understand the unilateralists. If they hated nuclear weapons as much as I do they would want them down in the world as a whole. I am the true disarmer, I keep peace and freedom and justice with it.

I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

I want my money back!