Alcohol is a very necessary article … It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning.

The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty.

I am a Millionaire. That is my religion.

John Bull’s other island.

What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.

You have to choose (as a voter) between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural stability of the honesty and intelligence of the members of the Government. And, with due respect for these gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the Capitalist system lasts, to vote for gold.

It’s all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

All professions are conspiracies against the laity.

SWINDON : What will history say?