Thanks To The Tabloid Campaigns

Christians Believe That God Created Man, And Humanists Believe That Man Invented God. But Whichever Way You Look At It, We're Brothers And Sisters. Either We're Brothers And Sisters Because We're Children Of God, Or Because We've Banded Together To Invent God. So The Ethics Of The Humanist And The Ethics Of Some Christians Are Very Similar. And We Don't Want To Create Divisions Between Humanists And Liberation Theologians, Any More Than We Want Between The New Worker And The Trots. It's Not Helpful.

The Civil Service Is A Bit Like A Rusty Weathercock. It Moves With Opinion Then It Stays Where It Is Until Another Wind Moves It In A Different Direction

If One Meets A Powerful Person--adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin Or Bill Gates--ask Them Five Questions: "what Power Have You Got? Where Did You Get It From? In Whose Interests Do You Exercise It? To Whom Are You Accountable? And How Can We Get Rid Of You?

I Believe The More Difficult The Circumstances, The More People Will Be Inclined To Trust Those In Charge At The Moment.

Having Served In Eleven Parliaments, It Would Be Difficult To Describe This As A Maiden Speech. It Would Be Like Elizabeth Taylor Appearing At Her Next Wedding In A White Gown.