If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. Democracy is leading the people as well.

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

I will not stagger from expedient to expedient.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.

The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.