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

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

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.

In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.

The language of priorities is the religion of socialism.

Discontent arises from a knowledge of the possible, as contrasted with the actual.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book.

I welcome this opportunity of pricking the bloated bladder of lies with the poniard of truth

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.