I don't think any woman in power really has a happy life unless she's got a large number of women friends ... because you sometimes must go and sit down and let down your hair with someone you can trust totally.

I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.

No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect... To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.

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.

You don't win by just being against things, you only win by being for things and making your message perfectly clear.

There are too few rich and too few profits.

It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for exacting favors and not returning them, the favours dry up.