Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

Politics? Boring? Politics is history on the wing! What other sphere of human activity calls forth all that is most noble in men's souls, and all that is most base? Or has such excitement? Or more vividly exposes our strengths and weaknesses? Boring? You might as well say that life itself is boring!

Does a name stick because it suits a man or does the man, unconsciously, evolve into his name?

For me, as I suspect for most people, there comes a point where you have enough. If you've got £20 million, why keep going until you've got £100 million or £1,000 million? Does anyone need another vast yacht or private jet or a house full of gold?

Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

A police state is a country run by criminals