I am not one who, to quote an American author, believes that democracy and enterprise have finally won the battle of ideas - that we have therefore arrived at the end of history, and there is nothing left to fight for. That would be unutterably complacent, indeed foolish. There will always be threats to freedom, not only from frontal assaults, but more insidiously by erosion from within.

We should see to it that our people are steeped in a real knowledge and understanding of our national culture.

It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

We do not have a freehold on the earth, only a full repairing lease

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek...