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

There is good and bad in all of us and the Church uses the idea of original sin to control us by saying that, if we do not obey the bishops, we will rot in Hell.

Some of the jam we thought was for tomorrow, we've already eaten

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

When Blair was elected leader of the Labour Party, he said, "New Labour is a new political party" - that was the phrase he used, and I'm so glad he said it because he set up his own party and I'm not a member of it.

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.