The nature of the economic system should be a matter for public choice, and free market capitalism should not be accepted without any discussion of the rich variety of alternatives ... Unlike civil laws, economic laws are imposed on people with all the authority of immutable laws of nature. But the economy is created by people, supported by government intervention, regulation, statute and subsidy, and implemented in such a way that it gives substantial wealth and power to a privileged few, while the majority face a life of relentless work, stress and periodic financial insecurity.

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

A faith is something you die for; a doctrine is something you kill for; there is all the difference in the world.

In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once

I don't believe in the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. Imagine going to the dentist, sitting in the chair and he says, 'I'm not a dentist myself, but my father was a dentist and his father before him. Now, open wide!

The peace movement didn't stop the Iraq but I think that Blair would not be able to go along and support an Iranian war.