“Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.”

If a rich man wants to help the poor, he should pay his taxes gladly, not dole out money at a whim.

We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty.

Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.

The real test of one’s belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one’s friends but of one’s enemies.

You will be judged by what you succeed at gentlemen, not by what you attempt

Christianity affirms the value of each individual soul. Nazism denies it.

A lot of clever people have got everything except judgement

There is a denial of the value of the individual.

I just love Chinese food. My favourite dish is number 27.

The press lives on disaster.

I believe that the foundation of democratic liberty is a willingness to believe that other people may perhaps be wiser than oneself.

A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour’s wife over the garden fence.

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days

A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women’s beds in a week.

Can’t publish. Don’t rhyme, don’t scan.

I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.

By bringing current events into the classroom, everyday discussion, and social media.

But now, instead of discussion and argument

I discuss with myself questions of politics, love, taste, or philosophy. I let my mind rove wantonly, give it free rein to followany idea, wise or mad that may present itself. My ideas are my harlots.

Discussion in America means dissent.

The spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.

A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos.

Although feelings are not supposed to intrude on business discussions, they do anyway – we just disguise them as logic.

Few sensible authors are happy discussing the creative process–it is, after all, black magic.