The life of nations no less than that of men is lived largely in the imagination.

No battle is worth fighting except the last one.

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

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

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.

'Helping industry' is the elephant pit of socialism, a deep hole with sharp spikes at the bottom, covered over with twigs and fresh grass.

Paisley has been and remains a greater threat to the Union than the Foreign Office and the Provisional IRA rolled into one.