Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.

When hecklers stand up, I get a mental jump for joy. It gives me something to get my teeth into - and the audiences love it.

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.

The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.

Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic.

John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.