 The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered. |
| A social democratic party without deep roots in the working class movement would quickly fade into an unrepresentative intellectual sect. |
| We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected. |
| The Labour Party is and always has been an instinctive part of my life. |
| I am sure Mr Heath thinks he is honest but I wish he didn't have to have his friends say it so often. |
| There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good. |
| The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society. |
