Britain today is suffering from galloping obsolescence.

It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.

Remember, imperialism is always presented as humanitarian: the white man's burden, the cross going round the world, the poor benighted natives, the sun never sets. . . So you have to be very careful about humanitarianism.

I think there are two ways in which people are controlled - first of all frighten people and secondly demoralize them.

In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said

If one meets a powerful person--Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates--ask them five questions: "What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? And how can we get rid of you?

The present combination of corporate or commercial control theoretically answerable to politically appointed Boards of Governors is not in any sense a democratic enough procedure to control the power the broadcasters have.