You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.

I think we've, again, got to be extremely careful; otherwise we'll misunderstand what's going on in Iraq and in Syria today. Of course, you can't say that those of us who removed Saddam in 2003 bear no responsibility for the situation in 2015.

My teachers used to call me a failure

One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I represent really has had its day or not. Now I obviously believe passionately it hasn't, that it's still the answer and not the problem, and, you know, the evidence points both ways.

Lord Cranborne told the leader of the opposition to 'back me or sack me' - he succeeded in doing both.

Our new world rests on order. The danger is disorder. And in today's world, it can now spread like contagion.

Education is the best economic policy there is.