Without false modetsy, I don't think I have a fraction of the talent of either Bevan of Foot.

That sort of fundamentalism which treats possession of private property not as a desirable economic and personal asset but as a condition of liberty is a form of primitive religion.

I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.

People who are in politics to be right all the time would be better off taking up fly-fishing. It's less dangerous. Politics that is not applied in the real world and doesn't address the real challenges and paradoxes and agonies is a hobby.

New!Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.

Harold Wilson is a petty bourgeois and will remain so in spirit even if they make him a Viscount.

Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry.