“Liberty is equally desirable to the good and to the bad, to the brave and to the dastardly.”
“If the answer is more politicians, you are asking the wrong question.”
“When our backs are against the wall, we must turn around and march forward.”
“I would rather go while I am being urged to stay, than to stay beyond the time when I should go.”
“I am not running as Son of Margaret Thatcher. I have my own priorities and my own programmes.”
“You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own.”
“The world has gone through tremendous change recently; both nationally andinternationally.”
“UN goodwill may be a bottomless pit but it's by no means limitless.”
“I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide.”
“The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.”
“Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.”
“There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created.”
“I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism.”
“I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.”
“I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.”
“I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument.”
“I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.”
“I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.”
“I want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community.”
“If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.”
“Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict.”
“When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances.”