The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

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.

There is a budding morrow in midnight.

Sympathy is never wasted except when you give it to yourself.

I have no recipe for how to combine things. But you must be sincere. And if you are, strangely, it will succeed.

There are some casual fans who think you're going to dominate a game, be magic, score 10 goals. Even if you dominate a game, you'll only score two or three goals.

The right to criticize must be earned, even if the advice is constructive in nature.

I grew up raised in church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I'd find myself figuring out who New Kids On The Block were.

I found that inevitably you cannot fit everything that is in that book into what is inevitably going to go on screen.

Take notice not only of the mercies of God, but of God in the mercies. Mercies are never so savoury as when they savour a Saviour.

Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth.

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.