You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

I’m extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.

It pays to know the enemy – not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.

Being prime minister is a lonely job… you cannot lead from the crowd.

Ought we not to ask the media to agree among themselves a voluntary code of conduct, under which they would not say or show anything which could assist the terrorists’ morale or their cause while the hijack lasted.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.