Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage (in the Prayer Book's words), regulation should not "be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly"

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Advisers advise, and ministers decide.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

The desire to win is born in most of us. The will to win is a matter of training. The manner of winning is a matter of honour.

Life's greatest reward is life itself

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.