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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine
Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
There are always dangers about. Therefore you must always keep your defences strong.
Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country's flag.
Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.
We were told our campaign wasn't sufficiently slick. We regard that as a compliment.
We speak of peace, yes, but whose peace? Poland's? Bulgaria's? The peace of the grave?
That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.
The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved.
The larger the slice taken by government, the smaller the cake available for everyone.
All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.
It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.
A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.
Let our children grow tall and some taller than others if they have it in them to do so.
We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of everyone else's money.
What great cause would have been fought and won under the banner 'I stand for consensus'?
To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.
Life in a free society...is heaven on earth to life in a socialist society such as Russia.
I'll stay until I'm tired of it. So long as Britain needs me, I shall never be tired of it.
If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.
Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.
(Not) even the US can impose peace: it has to be genuinely accepted by both parties involved.
How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.
The feminists hate me, don't they? And I don't blame them. For I hate feminism. It is poison.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
Well, there's a lot to react against![in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary]
We do not achieve happiness or salvation in isolation from each other but as members of society
Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.
No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.
One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.
Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.
One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
The United States is contributing massively to the defence of Europe and we should be very grateful.
As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.
Europe is... a monument to the vanity of individuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure.
Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.
The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.
No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease.
It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.
The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners.
I don't want to fight any wars; if you can get them off before we get there, you do it, but off they go.