“From now on, the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the Pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.”

The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay.

If we don’t give science its proper place in our national life. We shall no doubt be training all the bullfighters we need, because we don’t use many.

This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so exhilarated or so seasick that you don’t have a lot of difficulty.

We are redefining and we are restating our Socialism in terms of the scientific revolution …

The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or outdated methods on either side of industry.

Selsdon Man is designing a system of society for the ruthlessness and the pushing, the uncaring. His message to the rest is: you’re out on your own.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

If the Tories get in, in five years no one will be able to afford to buy an egg.

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.

The labour party is like a stage-coach.

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

Debating against him is no fun, say something insulting and he looks at you like a whipped dog.

There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.

I’m at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.