I know people are fickle.

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

Yes, I've never inherited a penny!

Elected presidents are for countries.

A generation of children has been betrayed.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

It's not too late to stop the Lisbon Treaty.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

It is not my policy to hit voters during the election.

Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are.

The total economy of Latin America is bigger than China.

One day I will go back to my books and piano, but not yet.

It must be quite rare for an interviewer to be interviewed.

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.

There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.

You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

The war in Iraq, clearly has not turned out in the way that was hoped.

The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.

I think Britain would be alright, if only we had a different Government.

Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

Remember the No campaign is Conservative people, Labour people, people of no party.

I have always thought that foreign-policy idealism has to be tempered with realism.

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society.

For the security of the UK, it matters a lot for Somalia to become a more stable place.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally.

Turning away Turkey from the EU would be a great, long-term - a century-long - error by Europe.

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally...

I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.

If some of the people who write about mojo came with me for a week, they would drop dead on their feet.

Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.

It was inevitable the Titanic was going to set sail, but that doesn't mean it was a good idea to be on it.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

I described the euro as a burning building with no exits and so it has proved for some of the countries in it.

It makes life very simple actually. You could be giving a TV interview in howling gale and it no longer matters.

I don't think my principles change. I think the way in which you apply those principles to modern society changes.

Those who back the Syrian regime from now on will find themselves in an even more isolated and indefensible minority.

People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.

As far as I'm aware, everybody in the shadow cabinet accepts that there's a compelling case on climate change and a strong scientific case.

When you reduce taxes on higher earners it's vital to be reducing them on lower earning people as well so the nation shares in the approach.

Wouldn't it be better to have a watertight law designed to catch the guilty, rather than a press release law designed to catch the headlines?

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