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

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

Protectionism is the institutionalization of economic failure.

I do not often attack the Labour Party, they do it so well themselves.

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

I am not a product of privilege, I am a product of opportunity.

A ready smile concealed a firm mind.