I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.

I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.

It will be years - not in my time - before a woman will become Prime Minister

I don't think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.

[On George H.W. Bush:] By 1990 I had learned that I had to defer to him in conversation and not to stint the praise. If that was what was necessary to secure Britain's interests and influence, I had no hesitation in eating a little humble pie.

I don't want to fight any wars; if you can get them off before we get there, you do it, but off they go.

One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'