Change Always Follows The Same Pattern. If

When Somebody Comes Up With A Progressive Idea, To Begin With, You're Mad, Bonkers. Then If You Go On, You're Dangerous. Then There's A Pause. Then You Can't Find Anyone Who Can Say They Thought Of It In The First Place. That's How Progress Is Made. This Is Why I Do Believe In The Vote. In The End, All These People Who've Been Tempted To The Right Realise The Warning Lights In Their Constituency Are Brighter Than The Bright Lights From No. 10 Offering Them Things.

If You're Going To Make Sense Of Politics You Have To Have A Historical Perspective And Also Recognise That You Have To Work With People You Don't Agree With.

I Think Democracy Is Not A Destination. I Don't Think Socialism Is A Railway Station And If We Catch The Right Train With The Right Driver, We'll Get There. I Think It's A Way Of Thinking About Things And Every Generation Has To Do It Again.

All War Represents A Failure Of Diplomacy.

Someone Comes Every Morning At Nine O'clock To See If I Am Still Alive. I Do Get Lonely, Yes, But I Have The Children Who Come And See Me. I See All My Children Every Week, And There Are The Grandchildren, Too.