Modern history is, as you all know, full of examples of great movements that disappeared because they had ceased to have any genuine reason for existence. The important thing is to have a faith to live by, and that goes for us in this party.

My headmaster chastised me with a diabolical instrument a leather strap tacked to a piece of wood but he taught me with such villainous success that I am now Prime Minister.

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Thinking ahead, what really happens to us will depend on how many people we have who are of the great and sober and dynamic middle-class - the strivers, the planners, the ambitious ones.

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.

One speaks with great respect of economists, if only because they represent such a variety of opinions.