No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons.

I want to retire at 50. I want to play cricket in the summer and geriatric football in the winter, and sing in the choir.

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

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 warn you not to fall ill, I warn you not to get old.

At various times in the next 20 or 30 years I think it reasonable to anticipate that I will be among the leadershp of the Labour Party, but as far as being leader, I can't see it happening, and I'm not particularly keen on it happening.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.