I'm either the witch or Lady Macbeth of English politics, but someone gotta wear the pants in England when others wearing kilts

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.

Gentlemen, I have spent the night thinking about this Peruvian (peace) initiative and I have to tell you that if it is your decision to accept then you will have to find another Prime Minister.

Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.

Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.

Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.