If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with the ideals that I have.

It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

I applaud strong government, but not overweening government sustained by cronies, ciphers and a personality cult.

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.

The role of Ronald Reagan had been deliberately diminished; the role of the Europeans, who, with the exception of Helmet Kohl, were often keen to undermine America when it mattered, had been sanitized; and the role of Mr. Gorbachev, who had failed spectacularly in his declared objective of saving communism and the Soviet Union, had been absurdly misunderstood.

I am always on the job.

Let's make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges.