I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.

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

I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most.

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.

They seem to have moved from total opposition to total subservience.

It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

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