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?

I couldn't live without work. That's what makes me so sympathetic towards those people who are unemployed. I don't know how they live without working.

What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.

The legal system we have and the rule of law are far more responsible for our traditional liberties than any system of one man one vote. Any country or Government which wants to proceed towards tyranny starts to undermine legal rights and undermine the law.

Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.

We shall take whatever action is necessary to contain the growth of the money supply. The government, unlike so many of its predecessors, will face up to economic realities.

In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated.