I calculate that I was responsible for proposing the elevation to the Lords of some 214 of its present numbers.

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.

When others spoke of the fear of war, you spoke of the need for warriors and peace through strength. When others bewailed the failure of big government to provide for the collective good, you spoke of self-reliance, of personal responsibility, of individual pride and integrity. When others preached compromise - when others demanded compromise, you, Ronald Reagan, preached conviction.

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

To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Third World it is to the extent that the West created Marx and his successors, among whom must be numbered many of those who advised the Third World leaders in post-war years.

If someone is confronting our essential liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries and harm, by God I'll confront them!

Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased.