Abhorrence of apartheid is a moral attitude, not a policy.

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.

You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified.

There is no question of any erosion of essential national sovereignty.

Pitt the Younger was a great British Prime Minister. He saved Europe from Napoleon, he was the pilot who weathered the storm. I don't know whether he'd have done it any better or quicker had he been married.

The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh balance between the different elements within the state at those times when, for one reason or another, their imbalance threatens to disrupt the orderly development of society

I have always had a hidden wish, a frustrated desire, to run a hotel.