I think when you've lost an election by 179, there's going to be a period of time after eighteen years in government when you can't do anything right, and people just kick you for the sake of it, will never admit they voted Conservative.

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

What I have found is that real friends stand by you.

Who Saddam Hussein kills, dies.

A strong man who has known power all his life may lose respect for that power. But a weak man knows the value of strength.

Whenever you analyse anyone who has had any success and they're in the headlines, you will find they are human and make mistakes. I'm certainly that and I've made a lot of mistakes.

I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking