Do you think you would ever have heard of Christianity if the Apostles had gone out and said, ‘I believe in consensus?’

I exercise my right as a free citizen to spend my own money in my own way, so that I can go on the day, the time, to the doctor I choose and get out fast.

We should see to it that our people are steeped in a real knowledge and understanding of our national culture.

The virtues prized in free countries are honesty, self-discipline, a sense of responsibility to one's family, a sense of loyalty to one's employer and staff, and a pride in the quality of one's work. And these virtues only flourish in a climate of freedom.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

The fact that seasoned politicians can say such ridiculous things - and get away with it - illustrates the degree to which the new dogma... has swept through the left-of-centre governing classes.