There never has been a war yet which, if the facts had been put calmly before the ordinary folk, could not have been prevented ... The common man, I think, is the great protection against war.

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.

My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

If you open that Pandora's Box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.

It is better to teach a few things perfectly than many things indifferently...

We are organizers at heart. Most of us in the movement take great pride in being able to put things together.

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watchtower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination.

"Gender trouble" is old. I mean, you know, in New York, it is old. I mean it's sweet. I mean people are really kind about it but it's like a former love affair you had and you're done.

The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences.

I say with my own authority that if you go on questioning without accepting anybody's answer, including mine, by and by you will find that the answer is not found but the question disappears.

I'd wanted to be an actor from the age of five.

I'll bet you half of my problems with liberals in the media is I live in Literalville. I say what I mean. That's politically incorrect. Most people don't say what they mean.

Look, this CPAC convention is increasingly the Star Wars bar scene of the conservative movement. All that’s missing from that convention is a couple of Wookies.

Even in earliest youth my fondest desire was to understand Nature, and thus to come closer to the truth; a truth that I was unable to discover either at school or in church.