I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.

I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.

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

Bribing regimes to comply with requirements which they should have acknowledged in the first place is not a process that appeals to me.

What? What am I 'bound to be feeling?' People don’t think anymore. They feel. 'How are you feeling? No, I don’t feel comfortable. I’m sorry, we as a group we’re feeling….' One of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. Thoughts and ideas. That interests me. Ask me what I’m thinking.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.