The UK downgrade will come as little surprise to many. It does not appear to be occurring because the UK is cutting its deficit too far and too fast.

The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.

The Conservative Party is a tax cutting party or it is nothing.

The EU will not stop wars: it wants an army to fight them.

We need to remind our core supporters that we have not forgotten their concern with the way our democracy is being replaced by European bureaucracy in so many areas.

Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right to go on a date and to say 'No', having it respected.

No change, no chance.

Europe is my continent, not my country

The EU project is to create a country called Europe.

I have more government than I want, more government than I need, more government than I can afford.

There aren't many fathers around here...If someone is old enough to father a child, he should be old enough to help bring it up.

You're on a positive road. You have some type of direction where you're going, so you have to just keep on going.

You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Attitude is almost more important than what happens to you.

I'm always looking for good music.

What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen.

Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.

I do think that the modern India does belong to writers who are living in India.

Nature brings us back to absolute truth whenever we wander.

If it weren't for the Japanese and the Germans, we wouldn't have any good war movies.

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.

The house ghost is usually a harmless and well-meaning creature. It is put up with as long as possible. It brings good luck to those who live with it.