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

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

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

I do not share the general view that market forces are the basis for political liberty. Every time I see a homeless person living in a cardboard box in London, I see that person as a victim of market forces. Everytime I see a pensioner who cannot manage, I know that he is a victim of market forces

I'm a democrat - I don't support Bush, I don't support Blair, I don't support Bin Laden.

In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once

People in debt become hopeless and hopeless people don't vote. They always say that that everyone should vote but I think that if the poor in Britain or the United States turned out and voted for people that represented their interests there would be a real democratic revolution.