We very much hope that as we get growth that we can reduce the burden of taxation, that we can reduce income tax and increase the amount of genuine free enterprise and business enterprise... This is going... toward the restoration of the personal responsibility, the independence, with every man a property owner, every man a capitalist.

I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has seen. The men in the Soviet Politburo do not have to worry about the ebb and flow of public opinion. They put guns before butter, while we put just about everything before guns.

The application of collective guilt, running from one generation to another, is a dangerous doctrine which would leave few modern nations unscathed.

I went to Oxford University - but I've never let that hold me back.

Please don't use the word tough. People might get the impression that I don't care. And I do care, very deeply. Resilient, I think.