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

We're saying to anyone who dares to attack us, Do not do it, you couldn't win, the result would be devastating! I think you're saying the same.

Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!

Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

The Nuremburg trials were attacked at the time as 'victor's justice'. And this is precisely what they were - and were intended to be.

Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.

It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese regard it as part of China. But Taiwan is also a regional issue for three reasons. First, the overthrow or even the neutering of democracy in Taiwan, which is what Beijing effectively demands, would be a major setback for democracy in the region as a whole. Second, if the Chinese were able to get their way by force in Taiwan, they would undoubtedly be tempted to do the same in other disputes. And third, there is no lack of such disputes to provoke a quarrel.