My mother was the center of the family.

I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.

Political suicide can end a career.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough.

Life is full of surprises.