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

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

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.

I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner

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

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

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