During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or another, from mainland Europe and the solution from outside it.

My job is to stop Britain from going red.

Rogue states never turn out to be quite the pariahs they are deemed. They are only able to cause, or at least threaten to cause, mayhem because they enjoy the covert support - usually by means of technology transfers - of one or more major powers within the charmed circle of global 'good guys'.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral impulse which alone can lead to that peace, in the true meaning of the word, for which we all long. . . . There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves.

I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.

We need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital.