Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.

No Western nation has to build a wall round itself to keep its people in.

Hope is no basis for a defense policy.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.