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

The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

90% of what we did the Press didn't know about, and 90% of what they did know about they got wrong.

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

A successful current affairs television show seems to be more and more a cross between a music hall turn and a scene in a torture chamber.

Revolt by all means, but only on one issue at a time. To do more would be to confuse the whips.

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