Obsolete weapons do not deter.

This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren't I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.

Consensus is the negation of leadership.

All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek...

We have become a grandmother.

It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge.

When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.