The election of a man committed to the cause of freedom and the renewal of America's strength has given encouragement to all those who love liberty.

There is a nonsense about intelligent women not being beautiful.

I think our support for the EEC has been very half-hearted. You really cannot join any group of nations and spend all your time criticising it. The EEC is free Europe getting together. Had we had some vision like that after the first world war , we might never had the second ... my son does not have to go and fight as his father had to fight. Surely that is the most valuable thing of all, the reason for keeping Europe together.

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

Our judgement is that the presence of the Royal Marines garrison is sufficient deterrent against any possible aggression.

If you are guided by opinion polls, you are not practicing leadership -- you are practicing followership.

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.