Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

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

(Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved.

Failure? The possibilities do not exist.

I do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have genuinely played the lion's part. They are ready to recognise that those who create the wealth - and I mean not only material but intellectual wealth - enrich the whole nation.

I will not change just to court popularity.