There's no such thing as society.

Hope is no basis for a defense policy.

Leadership is about having principles. A leader must have a vision and principles that will endure for all time and must always be true to these principles, applying them to changing circumstances

Our aim is to make tax collecting a declining industry.

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.

I think our support for the EEC has been very half-hearted. You really cannot join any group of nations and spend all your time criticising it. The EEC is free Europe getting together. Had we had some vision like that after the first world war , we might never had the second ... my son does not have to go and fight as his father had to fight. Surely that is the most valuable thing of all, the reason for keeping Europe together.