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

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" 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. "

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

" My mother was the center of the family. "

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

" 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 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. "

" Life is full of surprises. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character. "

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

" I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving. "

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

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

" 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 want Britain to punch its weight in the European Community. "

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

" Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers. "

" Recovery begins from the darkest moment. "

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

" 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. "