The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

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

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.

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

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

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