History is what we read, write and think about the past.

Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.

The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.