America is now the dominant force and the only countervailing force is Europe.

The one thing that is absolutely essential is that there shouldn't be any governmental control [of the media] directly or indirectly.

When Blair was elected leader of the Labour Party, he said, "New Labour is a new political party" - that was the phrase he used, and I'm so glad he said it because he set up his own party and I'm not a member of it.

Nelson Mandela was a terrorist. And then he wins the world peace prize and becomes president of South Africa. That's how change happens. It's very important not to differentiate protest from the democratic process.

Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in shaping British democracy than most constitutional lawyers, political commentators, historians or statesmen have ever cared to admit. Direct action in a democratic society is fundamentally an educational exercise.

I think very often the boat-rockers turn out to be the people who are building the craft

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