In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw - something which today's feminists have largely dissipated.

If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the politics tell a woman

No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease.

We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren't I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.

Socialism is in no way a curate's egg