Never flinch. Make up your own mind and do it.
There are too few rich and too few profits.
We need a free economy not only for the renewed material prosperity it will bring, but because it is indispensable to individual freedom, human dignity and to a more just, more honest society.
Making change tolerable is one of the duties of Government.
Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.
In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated.
I have never knowingly made a non-controversial speech in my life.
A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.
One of my favourite quotations is: ‘That which thy father bequeathed thee, earn it anew, if thou wouldst possess it.’
I went to Oxford University – but I’ve never let that hold me back.
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.
What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn’t a revolution – it was a coup d’etat.
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.
I want to get totally rid of class distinction. As someone put it one of the papers this morning: Marks and Spencer have triumphed over Karl Marx and Engels.
This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren’t I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.
In those days one advantage of being a woman was that there was a basic courtesy towards us on which we could draw – something which today’s feminists have largely dissipated.
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 clear decisions.
As prime minister, I worked closely with Ronald Reagan for eight of the most important years of all our lives. We talked regularly both before and after his presidency. And I have had time and cause to reflect on what made him a great president.
I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.
I do wish I had brought my cheque book. I don’t believe in credit cards.