Life Quote by Michael Portillo

We must have a welfare system that we can afford, which will mean giving greater attention to directing the welfare program toward its primary…

— Michael Portillo

If the Tories and Lib Dems fought together, they'd keep their ministerial offices and limousines, and continue to do the right things for the…

— Michael Portillo

Were we ever to find ourselves living under a totalitarian regime, place no faith in the mercy of your fellow citizens.

— Michael Portillo

America, to me, is this enormous contrast between the heady idealism of founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, who said, 'All men are created…

— Michael Portillo

There's only one person who knows me - and that's me.

— Michael Portillo

I think a lot of people of my generation have a certain guilt that, from the Sixties onwards, we started taking package holidays abroad…

— Michael Portillo

Television brings with it two dangerous hazards: the worship of celebrity and the blurring of reality and fantasy.

— Michael Portillo

People have said to me, 'Oh, you are much nicer making documentaries than you were in politics.' So I should be. If you are…

— Michael Portillo

'Bradshaw's' is a lovely device for the time-travelling television presenter. I just hope that people buying it aren't doing so with the intention of…

— Michael Portillo

King Edward VIII was forced to abdicate because he was determined to marry a divorced woman. As a result of that decision, the Queen's…

— Michael Portillo

Three letters send a chill down the spine of the enemy: SAS. Those letters spell out one clear message. Don't mess with Britain!

— Michael Portillo

If life is a soap opera you shouldn't be in too much of a hurry to get to the final credits.

— Michael Portillo