But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the hymn: 'When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died. My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride.'

Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.

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.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Defeat? I do not recognize the meaning of the word.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.