The main essentials of a successful prime minister [are] sleep and a sense of history.

The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

"Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due."