Better a leader of Fabianism than a chorus man in parliament.

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool. Any man who is still communist at the age of thirty is an even bigger one.

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.

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think; and ninety-five percent of the people would rather die than think.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.