Politics is the art of the next best.

Politics ruins the character.

Politics is the art of the possible.

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.