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.

I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.

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

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

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

I take notice of those who have argued consistently for the modernisation of the E.U., but so many of the skeptics in Britain are just hostile to the whole European idea.

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