We should not expect the state to appear in the guise of an extravagant good fairy at every christening, a loquacious companion at every stage of life's journey, and the unknown mourner at every funeral.

I want my money back!

We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society - not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.

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

A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls