He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind.

I've changed my mind, even against Omar al-Bashir. Whether he has to be charged or not, the Sudanese shall decide or the Africans.

What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.

I don't pick up people. This is the work of the police. If there's anybody with a case, it's the police, not me.

Africa is wealthy in natural resources; the problem is they are not optimally utilized.

I did not, I could not and I will never invite Obote, This is because Obote is someone who made a lot of mistakes in our history.

If I kissed my wife in public, I'd lose the next election.

I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.

We should not be pushing out figured when the facts are in the opposite direction.

Trade unions are islands of anarchy in a sea of chaos.

Why should I question the monkey when I can question the organ grinder.

There can be no immaculate conception of socialism.

The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him.

Listening to a speech by [Neville] Chamberlain is like paying a visit to Woolworth's, everything in its place and nothing above sixpence.

You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.

A Society in which the people's wants do not exceed their possessions is not a Socialist society.

Virtue is its own punishment.

There are two ways of getting into the Cabinet - you can crawl in or kick your way in.

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.