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.

The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."

There is no connection between imperialism and democracy. I mean when we ran an Empire which we did when I was born, there was no democracy anywhere.

If democracy is destroyed in Britain, it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.

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