Unless you understand the history of a situation, you can't ever hope to solve problems.

Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.

I've always criticised American policy when I've disagreed with it. Just as I've criticised British policy. I was violently anti-Suez and pro-American in 1956, just as I was violently anti-Soviet on the invasion of Hungary which took place at the same time.

Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life.

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.

Trying to create a sense of common interest does involve getting people actually to work together on common problems. It can't be created by law, that's why I disagree with the liberal approach becuase it's essentially a lawyer's approach.

Squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak.