I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.

Well goodness knows, goodness knows what historians will write.

If people are concerned about my house and where I live again it's much more of a reflection on them than it is on me.

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Yes, I don't think I shall ever become Prime Minister. Hard as that is to swallow, I tell you one person who is very happy always to see me say that, and that's my wife.

The protection of human rights to promote the dignity of the individual is too important a matter for symbolic gestures alone. It is only through the pursuit of practical and effective efforts to promote human rights that we show our real commitment to the welfare of individuals and society.

I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.