The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money.

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

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.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

I shall fight on, I shall fight to win.

[When asked how it felt to be a female prime minister:] I don't know: I've never experienced the alternative.

To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.