Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species-it is the tigress and lioness in you which tends to defend when attacked.

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

There might be new technology, but technological progress itself was nothing new - and over the years it had not destroyed jobs, but created them.

Had I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she is strident. If a man is strong, he's a good guy.

I never hugged him, I bombed him.

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.