I would not wish to be Prime Minister, dear.

We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.

I do wish I had brought my cheque book. I don't believe in credit cards.

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.

When I look at him [Edward Heath] and he looks at me, I don't feel that it is a man looking at a woman. More like a woman being looked at by another woman.

Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs

As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky once remarked – referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but never tasted any omelette.