The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

Good Conservatives always pay their bills. And on time. Not like the Socialists who run up other people's bills.

The election of a man committed to the cause of freedom and the renewal of America's strength has given encouragement to all those who love liberty.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw - something which today's feminists have largely dissipated.

I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.