Fear is not the basis for foreign policy.

Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.

Naturally, it is with some temerity that the pupil speaks before the master, because you know more about the Common Market than anybody.

It is important not to allow ever wider coalition-building to become an end in itself. As we saw in the Gulf War of 1990, international pressures, particularly those exerted from within an alliance, can result in the failure to follow actions through and so leave future problems unresolved.

One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'

I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.

I wasn't lucky. I deserved it.