I think if journalists were responsible for international policy we'd have a nuclear war every week.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

The New York Times said, "There are two superpowers in the world: the United States and the world peace movement."

No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands. Nor does any American President have power approaching this

When I saw how the European Union was developing, it was very obvious what they had in mind was not democratic. In Britain, you vote for a government so the government has to listen to you, and if you don't like it you can change it.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.