I had the patriotic conviction that, given great leadership of the sort I heard from Winston Churchill in the radio broadcasts to which we listened, there was almost nothing that the British people could not do.

Peace is hard work and we must not allow people to forget it.

I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.

We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.

My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day's work for an honest day's pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.

We must not fall into the trap of projecting our own morality onto the Soviet leaders. They do not share our aspirations, they are not constrained by our ethics, they always consider themselves exempt from the rules that bind other states.

Advisers advise, and ministers decide.