'Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and fresh grass.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

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

In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of remarks which she made about defence against the Soviet Union and its allies; but there was no reason to suppose that the Right Honourable Lady did not welcome and, indeed, take pride in that description. In the next week or two this House, the nation and the Right Honourable Lady herself, will learn of what metal she is made.

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.