You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

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

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.

Consensus is the absence of leadership.

Is there conscience in the Kremlin? Do they ever ask themselves what is the purpose of life? What is it all for?... No. Their creed is barren of conscience, immune to the promptings of good and evil.

All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

We introduced the Community Charge. I still call it that. I like the Poles - I never had any intention of taxing them.