If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification.

Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

The spirit of the South Atlantic was the spirit of Britain at her best. It has been said that we surprised the world, that British patriotism was rediscovered in those spring days. It was never really lost. But it would be no bad thing if the feeling that swept the country then were to continue to inspire us. For if there was any doubt about the determination of the British people it was removed by the men and women who, a few months ago, brought a renewed sense of pride and self-respect to our country.

If in the 1930s nuclear weapons had been invented and the Allies had been faced by Nazi SS20s and Backfire Bombers, would it then have been morally right to have handed Hitler control of one of the most terrible weapons man has ever made? Would not that have been the one way to ensure that the thousand year Reich became exactly that? Would not unilateralism have given to Hitler the world domination he sought?

It is absolutely right that President Reagan considers SDI and thank goodness people considered nuclear research before the last war.

You can't lead from the crowd.

I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it.