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" I think the biggest mistake I made was this wretched ability to see both sides of an argument. "

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" Let's turn British inventions into British industries, British factories and British jobs. Let them make pounds for us, not dollars marks or yen for others. "

" I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press. "

" The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it. "

" I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good. "

" The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision. "

" I inherited a sick economy and passed on a sound one. But one abiding regret for me is that, in between, I did not have the resources to put in place the educational and social changes about which I cared to much; I made only a beginning, and it was not enough. "

" Disunity costs votes. "

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

" I'm very proud of what my parents achieved and what they stood for. They didn't have much, but in many ways they were richer than most. "

" Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors. "

" Well, I think there's a distinction between sexing-up the intelligence and sexing-up the presentation of the intelligence. "

" If you look back historically, admittedly a long time ago, there were three Afghan wars in which Britain didn't even come a good second. In more recent years the Russians were there with 120,000 men for ten years. "

" A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it. "

" Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. "

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

" If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future. "

" It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. "

" September the 11th was a huge shock in the United States. It was the first time you had been hit at home in your own territory by terrorist on this scale. "

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

" The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. "

" The argument that someone is a bad man is an inadequate argument for war and certainly an inadequate and unacceptable argument for regime change. "

" Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking systems across Western Europe would suddenly have no value. You could as a knock-on effect create a banking crisis in Western Europe. "

" Life is full of surprises. "

" I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. "

" 'Government gets things right' does not encourage sales. 'Government makes another blunder' does encourage sales, so there's a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism. "

" Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein. "

" I don't have a shred of regret about entering the exchange-rate mechanism. "

" I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords, they're great public servants and they do an absolutely tremendous job. "