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

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

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

" You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Life is full of surprises. "

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

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

" Disunity costs votes. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "