[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.

From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.

I believe we should continue to have a partnership of national states each retaining the right to protect its vital interests, but developing more effectively than at present the habit of working together.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

Every Conservative desires peace. The threat to peace comes from Communism which has powerful forces ready to attack anywhere. Communism waits for weakness, it leaves strength alone. Britain must therefore be strong, strong in her arms, strong in her faith, strong in her own way of life.

As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.