At home and abroad I have repeatedly been asked what are the main essentials of a successful prime minister. Over and above communication and vigilance, there are two factors I have always mentioned. They are sleep, and a sense of history.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.

All these financiers, all the little gnomes of Zürich and the other financial centres, about whom we keep on hearing.