(On The International Criminal Court) "For the victors of the Cold War to submit to an unelected, unaccountable, and almost certainly hostile body such as that envisaged would be the ultimate irony."

As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky once remarked – referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but never tasted any omelette.

It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.

Socialists cry “Power to the people”, and raise the clenched fist as they say it. We all know what they really mean - power over people, power to the State.

Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister

Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.