It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think that they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge.
I don’t think there will be a woman prime minister in my lifetime.
Being democratic is not enough, a majority cannot turn what is wrong into right. In order to be considered truly free, countries must also have a deep love of liberty and an abiding respect for the rule of law.
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Our children need strong families raising them with sturdy virtues, not to be smothered in the cold arms of the state.
I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society – from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.
What Britain needs is an iron lady.
If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.
I started out in life with two great advantages: No money and good parents.
I like Mr Gorbachev, we can do business together.
We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political.
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 done with it.
When you’ve spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it’s exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.
I was asked whether I was trying to restore Victorian values. I said straight out I was. And I am.
The Third World is very much like the First World – just poorer: what works for the West will work for the rest as well.
Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians.
Advisers advise, and ministers decide.
Let us never forget this fundamental truth: The State has no source of money other than the money people themselves earn.
Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs.
Inflation is the parent of unemployment and the unseen robber of those who have saved.