My mother was the center of the family.

If is a very big preposition.

Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.

I can't legislate to change human nature.

Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth.