Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime.

Encouragement is the most important thing in the world for young people, rather than league tables, which demoralise everyone.

Choice depends on the freedom to choose and if you are shackled with debt you don't have the freedom to choose.

I think democracy is the most revolutionary thing in the world, because if you have power you use it to meet the needs of you and your community.

The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it

There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.