I can't legislate to change human nature.

Neil Kinnock's speeches go on for so long because he has nothing to say and so he has no way of knowing when he's finished saying it.

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

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

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.

When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.