Life's greatest reward is life itself

We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.

I am not immortal, but I've got a lot left in me yet.

Reagan did not suffer from the dismal plague of doubts which has assailed so many politicians in our times and which has rendered them incapable of clear decisions.

I do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have genuinely played the lion's part. They are ready to recognise that those who create the wealth - and I mean not only material but intellectual wealth - enrich the whole nation.

If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have done with it.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.