“I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.”

“I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.”

“A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.”

“I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.”

“Broadcasting is really too important to be left to the broadcasters.”

“The Marxist analysis has got nothing to do with what happened in Stalin's Russia: it's like blaming Jesus Christ for the Inquisition in Spain.”

“If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.”

“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them.”

“An educated, healthy & confident nation is harder to govern”

“Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment”

“I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.”