I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back.

I am an undiluted admirer of American values and the American dream and I believe they will continue to inspire not just the people of the United States but millions across the face of the globe.

If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification.

People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.

One of my favourite quotations is: 'That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.'

I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.

(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure: only the scale of the final damage done is in doubt.