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

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" My mother was the center of the family. "

" Disunity costs votes. "

" 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. "

" Life is full of surprises. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Recovery begins from the darkest moment. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "