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.

[On being asked how many Mrs. Thatchers there were:] Oh, three at least. There is the intellectual one, the intuitive one and the one at home.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.