The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

Life is full of surprises.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

A chain grows weaker with each new link.

Well tarnation you're a meanie pants aren't you?" ~Miss Mary~

Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination.

Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger.

The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.

First of all, the most important, that is to learn everything good that has survived from other times, and carefully to watch the bad - and throw it out.

My mother was the prettiest woman in the town. He was a bit older than her. They made me. And he split.

Try to live with a generous heart. Doing anything else is too hard.