Kenneth Clarke

Thatcher was the best politician I have ever witnessed.

— Kenneth Clarke

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly…

— Kenneth Clarke

All political careers are a rollercoaster.

— Kenneth Clarke

Britain's political voice depends on our role as a leading and influential member of the E.U. If we leave, we are of…

— Kenneth Clarke

Jonathan Hill is an old friend of mine; I have worked with him for many years and know him to be a…

— Kenneth Clarke

I look forward to the day when the Westminster Parliament is just a council chamber in Europe

— Kenneth Clarke

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

— Kenneth Clarke

I'm notorious for only using my mobile phone for outgoing calls: nobody knows my London number and I certainly don't do anything…

— Kenneth Clarke

No country anywhere in the world allows material that genuinely puts national security at risk into the public domain, and that includes…

— Kenneth Clarke

In these home affairs things I think occasionally it's the duty of politicians on both sides to turn round to the tabloids…

— Kenneth Clarke

My entire political career has been based on building up Britain's political standing and economic prosperity through our membership of the E.U.…

— Kenneth Clarke

Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.

— Kenneth Clarke

I am getting frustrated by the fact that we have been out of office for eight years. I desperately want to lead…

— Kenneth Clarke

Referendums are designed to get round parliamentary government, and people only demand referendums when they think they can't get a majority in…

— Kenneth Clarke

I am a firm believer in open justice, and an opponent of closed justice in any normal circumstances. But I am also…

— Kenneth Clarke

A balanced tone on Europe will free us to address in depth the domestic economic and social agenda which we neglected throughout…

— Kenneth Clarke

Nigel Farage has persuaded too many people that we have lost control of our borders.

— Kenneth Clarke

The Conservative Party have got to ask themselves, 'How do we persuade people who at the moment are voting Labour and Liberal…

— Kenneth Clarke

I am a stalwart supporter of the British judiciary who are the best in the world.

— Kenneth Clarke

Locking people up without reducing the risk of them committing new crimes against new victims the minute they get out does not…

— Kenneth Clarke

I am not a creature of giant business and I think that small- and medium-sized businesses will derive the most benefit from…

— Kenneth Clarke

I have acquired a deep and abiding respect for all those engaged in the difficult business of commerce.

— Kenneth Clarke

I am certainly not a blogger. Quite a large proportion of them are nuts and extremists - with the honourable exception of…

— Kenneth Clarke

Only an ideologue deals with the world as he would wish it to be, as opposed to the world as it is.

— Kenneth Clarke

Margaret was the best prime minister of my lifetime. Mythology has turned Thatcher into someone regarded either as a goddess by her…

— Kenneth Clarke