Parliament itself would not exist in its present form had people not defied the law.

The trade unions and the Labour Party... failed miserably. Instead of giving concrete support, and calling upon workers to take industrial action, they did nothing.

My father still reads the dictionairy every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words

I have never been an idealist - that implies you aren't going to achieve something.

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.

Only a fool wants a confrontation and only a fool wants a strike.

There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.

I wouldn't vote for Ken Livingstone if he were running for mayor of Toytown.

If youve got an industry where youve got massive investment, it doesnt matter whether you bring in alternative supplies. You still lose the money on that industry.

All what we think and know is an illusion. Nothing exists. Everything is an opinion.

Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.

Honor is kind of what you get when you weaponize manners ...

It reminded me of that tongue-in-cheek quick history of art I'd overheard...Used to be people couldn't draw very well, then they could, and now they can't again.

Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies

I'm a young actor and I haven't learned everything there is about acting.

Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night.

Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.