He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

A week is a long time in politics.

If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.

I'm an optimist, but I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

The ambition of the present Labour government is that every worker in the country will have a greater than average income.

and when hecatches meoff guardand says'i love you'i catch himoff guardand say 'i need your help.

Every woman is called to lead somebody somewhere to do something great!

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and get killed.

I really value unforgettable moments. Things you can tell people about. We have too few of them in our lives, and it is all too seldom that we can create one such moment for a stranger.

I began to expand my personal service in the church, and to search more diligently for a closer relationship with God among my different business, professional and political interests.

Do I care? No, I don't care. People need certain things

Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.

Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

By the grace of God you are what you are; glory in your selfhood, accept yourself and go on from there.