Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.

There is no moral difference between a stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. Both kill innocent people for political reasons.

If I rescued a child from drowning, the press would no doubt headline the story: 'Benn grabs child

After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I had a letter from the government saying, 'Dear Mr. Benn, will you turn up when you're 17 1/2? We'll give you free food, free clothes, free training, free accommodation, and two shillings, ten pence a day to just kill Germans.' People said, well, if you can have full employment to kill people, why in God's name couldn't you have full employment and good schools, good hospitals, good houses?

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

It is wholly wrong to blame Marx for what was done in his name, as it is to blame Jesus for what was done in his

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