If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott.

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.

What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.

Strength of character is never with those who blindly follow. You need to be able to make your own choices and walk your own path.

I kicked your arse and handed it to you like a hat.

You don't need notes... you either do it ... or you either you don't do it.

...you never knew anybody completely. Not even yourself.

Bless you with the curse to remain busy always.

Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

I'm thoroughly convinced that editors don't help authors.

Some characters become your friends for life. That's how it was for me with Betsy-Tacy.

As women, we're probably more protective of children. Also, we've been minors all of our history

And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.