FIGHTING WORDS
The desire to win is born in
most of us. The will to win is
a matter of training. The manner
of winning is a matter of honour.
If you want to cut your own throat,
don’t come to me for a bandage.
Failure?
The possibilities do not exist.
After being defeated by Michael
Heseltine for Tory leadership,
November 1990:
I fight on, I fight to win.
The fight-back
begins now!
The Government wants a peaceful
settlement. But we totally reject a
peaceful sell-out.
It is exciting to have a real crisis on
your hands, when you have spent
half your political life dealing with
humdrum issues like the environment.
If someone is confronting our essential
liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries
and harm, by God I’ll confront them!
It’s no good dreaming about U-turns.
There are none available.
I said at the start I shall get things
right in the end, and I shall.
When I’m out of politics I’m going
to run a business, it’ll be called
‘Rent-a-Spine’.