Whether at home or abroad, the task of statesman is to work with human nature warts and all, and to draw on instincts and even prejudices that can be turned to good purpose. It is never to try to recreate Mankind in a new image.

We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I was turned out because I said to Europe no, no, no. That no, no , no has now turned into yes, yes. Two yes's not three because he got the Social Chapter out and he's reserved his position on the single currency.

In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw - something which today's feminists have largely dissipated.

Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.