[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.

Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.

I believe in the acceptance of personal responsibility, freedom of choice, and the British Empire, which took freedom and the rule of law to countries which would never have known it otherwise.

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

I too have a certain idea of America. Moreover, I would not feel entitled to say that of any other country, except my own. This is not just sentiment, though I always feel ten years younger – despite the jet-lag – when I set foot on American soil: there is something so positive, generous, and open about the people – and everything actually works. I also feel, though, that I have in a sense a share of America.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.