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" 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. "

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" I'm not about to write my memoirs. Not for a long time. "

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

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

" Certainly we've seen the enormous changes across the whole of the Middle East. The democratic genie is out of the bottle. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My mother was the center of the family. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "