I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.

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.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.

My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.