The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism.

We really shouldnt be running education like a supermarket where you compare prices.

There are hazards in everything one does, but there are greater hazards in doing nothing.

The danger of any new party at a time of disillusion with the old parties, is that it becomes all things to all men.

The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is being treated either as Madonnas or Mary Magdalenes.

I am not interested in a third party. I do not believe it has any future.

It would be excellent if he is prepared to listen to other points of view.