In quotes: Michael Foot in his own words
Former Labour leader Michael Foot has died at the age of 96 years. Renowned for his passionate and erudite speeches, he was also a prolific journalist and writer. Here is a selection of some of his most memorable quotations.
Is the Labour Party to remain a democratic party in which the right of free criticism and free debate is not merely tolerated but encouraged? Or are the rank and file of the party to be bludgeoned or cowed into an uncritical subservience towards the leadership?" Writing in Tribune, 1954.
"Socialism without public ownership is nothing but a fantastic apology." Writing in the Daily Herald, 1956. A Britain which denounced the insanity of the nuclear strategy would be in a position to direct its influence at the United Nations and in the world at large, in a manner at present denied us." Newspaper article, 1960.
