Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.

We have become a grandmother.

Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary to win again the intellectual argument for freedom, and that to do this we must start from first principles. He was in many ways an unlikely revolutionary. For all his towering intellect, he was deeply humble. He spoke out boldly, however hostile the audience. Yet he hated to give offence. Above all, his integrity shone out in everything he said and did. His best memorial lies in the younger generations of politicians whom he inspired. But for me he is irreplaceable.

If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with the ideals that I have.

Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.

We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political

Europe is... a monument to the vanity of individuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure.