The West as a whole in the early 1990s become obsessed with a 'peace dividend' that would be spent over and over again on any number of soft-hearted and sometimes soft-headed causes. Politicians forget that the only real peace dividend is peace.

I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.

Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

I think Essex Man will vote for a Conservative Government.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

I wouldn't be worth my salt if I weren't attracting some controversy and criticism. Everyone in the world who has done something in life has attracted criticism.