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

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

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

We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking.

Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.

Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

Humour is a great vehicle for getting a message across. If you get too serious, you could die of starch.

I say God bless you... I don't say bless you... I'm not the Lord. I can't do that...

I'm not drunk onstage, although I've done that a couple of times when I was younger. It's partly just the way I talk - I talk like somebody in a rocking chair. I'm your 150-year-old grandmother.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

Now entertain conjecture of a time When creeping murmur and the poring dark Fills the wide vessel of the universe.