If I were the American President I would rather be popular than have the power the destroy the world because however many puppets they have all over the Middle East - Saudi Arabia, Egypt and so on - they haven't got support from the people.

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths

The one thing that unites Sunni, Shiites and Kurds is they want the Americans out.

I think to understand how the democratic process works is the most important thing, so people don't get frightened by it, and get put off, and give up.

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

Change always follows the same pattern. If you come up with something new they try and put you off.If that doesn't work they call you stark raving bonkers.If that doesn't work they lock you up like the suffragettes.Then, after a pause, the change happensand you can't find anyone that doesn't claim to have been fighting for it with you.