The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.

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.

The world has gone through tremendous change recently; both nationally andinternationally.

Some people eat eggs, I wear them.

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

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

Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others.