I am not hard - I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limite….

To the extent that the West is to blame at all for the ills of the Third World it is to the extent that the West created Marx and his successors, amo….

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ….

We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that did less, and therefore di….

I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life..

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..

There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women in democratic societies cannot be touched by a call to something greater than thems….

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..

Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems..

Women have plenty of roles in which they can serve with distinction: some of us even run countries. But generally we are better at wielding the handb….

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

In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions i….

No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Bri….

I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so..

(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose ….

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

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exp….

It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for exacting favors and ….

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan..

Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain the potential to h….