No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts.

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

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

Britain's most useful role is somewhere between bee and dinosaur.

As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none of the original ideas is sound.

We believe that unless we give opportunity to the strong and able, we shall never have the means to provide real protection for the weak and the old.