The First World War created the Second World War because that was a war between three grandsons of Queen Victoria: The King of England, the Kaiser and the Tsar married Queen Victoria's granddaughter. And that triggered Communism in Russia and Fascism in Germany and led to the Second World War.

When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good

I am on the right wing of the middle of the road and with a strong radical bias.

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.

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

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