Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard myself as a Tory. As I have said, I was born that way; I believe it is congenital. I am unable to change it. That is how I see the world... [The EEC] is the most un-Tory thing that can be conceived.

A politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea.

People are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles.

Paisley has been and remains a greater threat to the Union than the Foreign Office and the Provisional IRA rolled into one.

Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea.

Of course I am very proud of being a Tory. Yes, in my head and in my heart I regard myself as a Tory. As I have said, I was born that way; I believe it is congenital. I am unable to change it. That is how I see the world... [The EEC] is the most un-Tory thing that can be conceived.

It is no accident that wherever the State ha taken economic decision away from the citizen, it has deprived him of his other liberties as well.