I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't.

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I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

I can't legislate to change human nature.

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.

I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.