Tentacles of terrorism spread everywhere

When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.

I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.

If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years.

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

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

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.