A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect

Inheritance Tax; - it is, broadly speaking; a voluntary levy paid by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the Inland Revenue

The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive

The fact is that Harold Wilson is a person no one can like, a person without friends.

Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type.

Each successive Labour Government has been the most rapacious, doctrinaire and unpatriotic conspiracy to be seen this side of the Iron Curtain.

We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected

A substantial extension of public ownership is an essential pre-requisite of greater equality of earned income

Curiosity lights a fire

The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.

I can only miss the true and I can only mourn the brave. Cowards make it easy to let go because you're not losing anything worth having.

Chains and stuff are nice, don't get me wrong I love them and I wear chains, but I can do without it.

The idea that you can take smart but inexperienced 25-year-olds who never managed anything and turn them into effective managers via two years of classroom training is ludicrous.

Art that serves an artist best is an experiment in expanding awareness.

There is an ineffable but fatal difference in attitude between people behaving naturally and people behaving naturally for a camera.

We can never be like lillies in the garden unless we have spent time as bulbs in the dark, totally ignored.

TRYING TO FILL THE empty SPACE i don't know if I will ever understand this Ache. Perhaps it is simpley and completely Love and what HAPPENS. at the end. Loss November 17, early morning

Leaders do stuff that matters.