Forget that I'm a woman. Forget the accusations that I am a Right Winger demanding privilege - I had precious little privilege in my early years.

Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

You can present people with ideas they may come to believe in, and as a result of them they will act, if they have the opportunities. Presenting people with opportunities is part of what politics is about.

Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.