I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

One nanny said, "Feed a cold"; she was a neo-Keynesian. Another nanny said, "Starve a cold"; she was a monetarist.

There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers

It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.

You will find the Americans much as the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt.