The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

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.

I am the last person whom it would be reasonable to expect to leave the Conservative Party.

People are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles.

When we look at the astonishing material achievements of the West. we see these things as the result, not of compulsion or government action or the superior wisdom of a few, but of that system of competition and free enterprise, rewarding success and penalising failure, which enables every individual to participate by his private decisions in shaping the future of his society.

A little nonsense now and then is not a bad thing - where would we politicians be if we were not allowed to talk it sometimes.

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