I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.

I've never been much given to little social cliques.

I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.

Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.

A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.

I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.