I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.

An educated, healthy & confident nation is harder to govern

Through talk, we tamed kings, restrained tyrants, averted revolution

We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values.

Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

When you get to No 10, you've climbed there on a little ladder called 'the status quo'. And when you are there, the status quo looks very good

I have had the advantage of a radical Christian upbringing

In the end, the tragedy of Harold Wilson was that you couldn't believe a word he said