I wouldn’t be worth my salt if I weren’t attracting some controversy and criticism. Everyone in the world who has done something in life has attracted criticism.
When you stop a dictator, there are always risks. But there are greater risks in not stopping a dictator.
When government does its job properly people are free to do theirs.
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 themselves.
Terrorism thrives on a free society. The terrorist uses the feelings in a free society to sap the will of civilization to resist. If the terrorist succeeds, he has won and the whole of free society has lost.
The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.
We need to create a mood where it is everywhere thought morally right for as many people as possible to acquire capital.
If your only opportunity is to be equal then it is not opportunity.
When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.
There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.
Citizenship should be based on those who have a close and real relationship with this country and its inhabitants.
I will not change just to court popularity.
Had I faltered we would have neither the success nor the international reputation we have. Yet when a woman is strong she is strident. If a man is strong, he’s a good guy.
Marxists get up early to further their cause. We must get up even earlier to defend our freedom.
A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.
Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.