... when a big man has a big idea I never like to stand in his way.

Freedom is not synonymous with an easy life. ... There are many difficult things about freedom: It does not give you safety, it creates moral dilemmas for you; it requires self-discipline; it imposes great responsibilities; but such is the nature of Man and in such consists his glory and salvation.

Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

The European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all necessarily still unclear.

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.