As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

I'm happy as a dog with two dicks

Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have a vision and principles that will endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing circumstances

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

The Kosovo campaign was a just and necessary war. And I believe that Blair - of whom I have many criticisms - in this case showed real determination in conducting it.

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

Countries trade with each other - or to be more precise people buy and sell from each other across frontiers - because that is the way to advance their interests. We do not need to beg people to trade with us - as long as we have something that people want, of a quality they expect and at a price they are prepared to pay.