Their pitiless ideology only survives because it is maintained by force. But the day comes when the anger and frustration of the people is so great that force cannot contain it. Then the edifice cracks: the mortar crumbles.

I believe in the acceptance of personal responsibility, freedom of choice, and the British Empire, which took freedom and the rule of law to countries which would never have known it otherwise.

Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly.

Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.

It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for exacting favors and not returning them, the favours dry up.

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.

And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism.