It is no accident that wherever the State ha taken economic decision away from the citizen, it has deprived him of his other liberties as well.

The Prime Minister, shortly after she came into office, received a sobriquet as the 'Iron Lady'. It arose in the context of remarks which she made about defence against the Soviet Union and its allies; but there was no reason to suppose that the Right Honourable Lady did not welcome and, indeed, take pride in that description. In the next week or two this House, the nation and the Right Honourable Lady herself, will learn of what metal she is made.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price.

It is no accident that wherever the State ha taken economic decision away from the citizen, it has deprived him of his other liberties as well.

All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.

Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea.