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

I don't want to commit myself in advocating a definite republican constitution which will get bogged down with the question of who would elect the President and when.

We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed in war are now described as collateral damage and military incompetence leading to US bombers killing British soldiers is cosily described as friendly fire. Those who are in favour of peace are described as mavericks and troublemakers, whereas the real militants are those who want the war.

I really think in the Commonwealth of Europe you should have Russia. I listed a hundred countries that would be in it and it would then be a really European United Nations.

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.

Making mistakes is how you learn.

The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.