There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

We will have to embark on a change so radical, a revolution so quiet and yet so total, that it will go far beyond the programme for a parliament.

Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.

We are the trade union for pensioners and children, the trade union for the disabled and the sick... the trade union for the nation as a whole.

The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.

I said it three times actually.

Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.

I do not often attack the Labour Party, they do it so well themselves.

Do you know what Margaret Thatcher did in her first Budget? Introduced VAT on yachts! It somewhat ruined my retirement.

Unknowns in life are adventures, avoid calling them fears.

Many persons of high intelligence have notoriously poor judgement.

[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that's much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

Perhaps illnesses could be left behind, just like small, badly concealed china corpses.

I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

I wished to be loved by another. But I desire no man's pity.

You didn't understand or care to know, you get your education from your lovers.

We like annoying people. It's a Manchester thing. It's a trait. We just like pissing people off.

I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume