61 Quotes by Michael Howard

I will never stand again for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

We cannot possibly take them all into this country [asylum seekers] - it is a completely unrealistic expectation.

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.