We weren't getting a fair deal on the budget and I wasn't going to have it. There's a great strand of equity and fairness in the British people - this is our characteristic. There's not a strand of equity and fairness in Europe - they're out to get as much as they can. That's one of those enormous differences. So I tackled it on that basis.

Hope is no basis for a defense policy.

(Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved.

In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated.

Being prime minister is a lonely job... you cannot lead from the crowd.

Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.

People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.