There is only one hope for mankind – and that is democratic socialism. There is only one party in Great Britain which can do it – and that is the Labour Party.

The hero’s need of the people outlasts their need of him.

A Society in which the people’s wants do not exceed their possessions is not a Socialist society.

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet – you can crawl in or kick your way in.

We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who cultivate the land.

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee – and not too far away lest he forget thee.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of truth.

In Germany democracy died by the headman’s axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.

There is only one hope for mankind – and that is democratic Socialism.

Damn it all you can’t have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.