We really must keep under control, and pretty strict control, the area within which 'The Man in Whitehall' knows best.

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

It does mean, if this is the idea, the end of Britain as an independent European state...it means the end of a thousand years of history.

In the last few years we have learned to distinguish the means of Socialism from the ends.

I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools.

We could not have parliamentary sovereignty with a European Parliament.

Surely the right course is to test the Russians, not the bombs.

You still hear some people speaking as though we could decide whether the Common market existed or not.

If you feel you have to open a particular door, open it, otherwise all your life that door will haunt your mind!

Masturbation = Imagination + Activity. Worry = Imagination + Negativity.

I don't criticise the free choice of others, and I ask others do the same to me

In your daily life, you make dozens of chooses between an alternative with higher overall value and a more tempting but ultimately inferior option.

Above all, let the poor hang up the amulet of temperance in their homes.

Most of my friends that I know now [were sexually assaulted] stayed silent. And I see that still happening today. A lot of women will stay silent and not share what happened to them.

For me, it's important to build good partnerships rather than score centuries. Once, you have those partnerships, you will also get centuries.

If God doesn't build the vision, He will tear it down.

It takes pride to be anxious – I am not wise enough to know how my life should go.

Ask yourself constantly "Am I treating my fellow citizens as I treat my mum?"