George Bernard Shaw

Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich, something for nothing.

Of all the anti-social vested interests the worst is the vested interest in ill-health.

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

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

We sing in a church, why can we not dance there?

I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this-who will count the votes, and how.

I am never guided by a possible assessment of my work.

I think we should not control the Internet.

I knew that if I went to town on a Saturday, which I did, and there was two fountains, one said “Black” and one said “White.” I didn’t think other than that if you want to stay out of trouble, leave the white one alone. I also noticed that when I went to the restrooms there was one that said “White Men,” “White Ladies” and “Colored.” That’s all I knew. I grew up with it. It wasn’t like somebody just threw me down there and said, “You don’t bother that…” But I was taught that in my early life. My family would always say – because there was people being lynched around me. I haven’t seen people be lynched, but I’ve seen them after they was. And I was told by some of the elders that, you know, “Unless you do certain things this can happen to you or that can happen to you. You don’t bother the white ladies, you don’t do this, you don’t do that,” and I learned that at an early age and to me it was just part of my training. I think this is why black people never did resist for such a long, long time because if there’s any such thing as being brainwashed I was brainwashed, but it didn’t bother me.

I think Comey was the ringleader of this whole den of thieves. It’s a den of thieves.

I was at the Battle of Britain memorial yesterday. I was there out of respect for that amazing moment in British history. I was also thinking about my family, my mum and dad who were there at that time in London, and worked as air raid wardens during the Blitz, and I was thinking about that. It was a respectful ceremony, and I stood in respect throughout it. […] The issue is that we had a memorial for the Battle of Britain, I was there, I showed respect for it, and I’ll show respect in the proper way at all future events.

Labour Party members must all be free to criticise and oppose injustice and abuse wherever we find it.

Religion is based on the idea that God is an imbecile.

I have never stated Russia is an energy superpower, but we have more reserves than almost anybody else. We have always behaved, and we will continue to behave, in a responsible way. We intend to participate in the elaboration of common rules in the energy sector and to abide by rules which are developed together.

Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.

If people can just pour into the country illegally, you don’t have a country.

Anyone who doesn’t regret the passing of the Soviet Union has no heart. Anyone who wants it restored has no brains.

Chechnya is part and parcel of the Russian Federation.

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

Diplomacy is a particularly unwelcome option, unless it’s pursued under the gun. The US has very little popular support for its goals in the Third World. This isn’t surprising, since it’s trying to impose structures of domination and exploitation.