One only gets to the top rung on the ladder by steadily climbing up one at a time, and suddenly, all sorts of powers, all sorts of abilities which you thought never belonged to you - suddenly become within your own possibility and you think, 'Well, I'll have a go, too.'

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina

Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.

Remember the 'Parable of the Talents' in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism?

(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure: only the scale of the final damage done is in doubt.