It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

Fear is not the basis for foreign policy.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.

I am not a consensus politician. I'm a conviction politician.

You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.

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

I can't help to spit nails when just thinking about Trade Unions

That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just a few.

Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

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

I will not change just to court popularity.

Life's greatest reward is life itself

Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.

No great goal was ever easily achieved.