Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable elderly people shut up in their homes, scar young lives and raise to cult status the swaggering violent bully who achieves predatory control over the streets. I suspect that there would be more support and less criticism than today's political leaders imagine for a large shift of resources from Social Security benefits to law and order - as long as rhetoric about getting tough on crime was matched by practice.

I believe we should continue to have a partnership of national states each retaining the right to protect its vital interests, but developing more effectively than at present the habit of working together.

I believe our way of life is infinitely superior for every human being than any which the Communist creed can offer.

We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

We must not fall into the mistake of thinking that it is America that trades with Taiwan or Europe that trades with Asia. The truth is that it is American companies that trade with Taiwanese companies.

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species-it is the tigress and lioness in you which tends to defend when attacked.