The right-of-centre parties still often compete with left-of-centre ones to proclaim their attachment to all the main programmes of spending, particu….

Reagan did not suffer from the dismal plague of doubts which has assailed so many politicians in our times and which has rendered them incapable of c….

If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. ….

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers..

We shall take whatever action is necessary to contain the growth of the money supply. The government, unlike so many of its predecessors, will face u….

We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more da….

If a Tory does not believe that private property is one of the main bulwarks of individual freedom, then he had better become a socialist and have do….

America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America to be free..

You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever..

Economics are the method; the object is to change the soul..

...Conservatives have excellent credentials to speak about human rights. By our efforts, and with precious little help from self-styled liberals, we ….

I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work..

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true..

The government has no money of its own. It's all your money..

All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek....

Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is ….

Dictators can be deterred, they can be crushed - but they can never be appeased..

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 t….

Misgovernment...will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours..

It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumo….

... when a big man has a big idea I never like to stand in his way..