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

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 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

I know you are mine, not in my life but in my memories.

I simply want to live

Wisdom is a dreadfully wonderful gift, giving you great insight but terrible pain that you learn from.

Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.

If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that's fantastic.

It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight.

I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it's not like that. It happens overnight.

Sustainability: It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, it's the profitable thing to do.

Value-based leaders believe in democratic workplaces in which employees participate in decisions.

You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future.