Never in the history of human credit has so much been owed.

We are a British nation with British characteristics. Every country can take some small minorities and in many ways they add to the richness and variety of this country. The moment the minority threatens to become a big one, people get frightened.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

One of my favourite quotations is: 'That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.'

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