I make no apology for saying that in the East End of London a new party of labour, with a small L, is being born

We say here that if you fall down in the United States, the ambulance man must feel for your wallet before he feels for your pulse.

Poor me, poor me, pour me another.

It's clear enough that there was substantial fraud in Ohio, thus delivering the Electoral College vote for President Bush.

Stop invading Muslims lands! How can you expect Muslims to love you when you are forcefully occupying their lands and murdering their people?

Where were the calls for a no-fly zone when Israel attacked Gaza

Tony Blair will be remembered for nothing other than that he followed George W. Bush over a cliff; took the rest of us with them, and we haven't yet reached the bottom, I'm afraid.

As for Gordon Brown - I've described him and Blair as two cheeks of the same arse.

Are you an Israeli? I don't debate with Israelis. I have been misled, sorry. I don't recognise Israel and I don't debate with Israelis.

Syria is lucky to have Bashar al-Assad as her President.

A small man intoxicated by being allowed to run around with the big, aggressive, powerful boys after so many years as a corduroy-clad peacenik.

They judged me like they would judge themselves and that's what they could never understand, we are all human but we are not the same.

Becoming a Christian is the work of a moment

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade: today it is the reverse.

Empathy is the wellspring of creativity.

I studied piano for many years, and I still play. I'm a complete amateur, and I wouldn't consider myself very good at all, but I enjoy it.

[Emily Litella line:] Never mind.

One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature.

Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.

When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.

Let the League of Nations say whatever it pleases, let America offer whatever interference, let China decry Japan's action at the top of her voice, but Japan must adhere to her course unswervingly.