We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.

It seems like cloud cuckoo land. If anyone is suggesting that I would go to Parliament and suggest the abolition of the Pound Sterling - no! We have made it quite clear that we will not have a single currency imposed upon us.

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

Most women are far more intelligent than people give them credit for.

(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."

When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.

You cannot make an omelet without breaking some balls