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 want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.

You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen.

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

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

I will turn directly to the Asylum Bill later.

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