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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. "

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" 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. "

" If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government. "

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

" 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. "

" Recovery begins from the darkest moment. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters. "

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

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

" Disunity costs votes. "

" There are more myths about Black Wednesday than the Greeks ever created. "

" 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. "

" I thought I could do something different from any Conservative prime minister before me. But I couldn't. "

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

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

" When the euro was born, it was born in the wrong economic circumstances. "

" What happens when there is a conflict between the Scottish parliament, if it was established, and the Westminster parliament? Who is supreme? "

" You don't forget crises and neither does the Queen. "

" I don't think nations can stand aside for ethnic cleansing and genocide. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Too many people looked to me in the eye and did not tell me the truth. "