When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it will be called rent-a-spine.
It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.
If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.
I wasn't lucky, I deserved it.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
Everything a politician promises at election time has to be paid for either by higher taxation or by borrowing.
Tyranny must not prevail.
I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down – and will deserve to do so.
Remember the ‘Parable of the Talents’ in the New Testament? Christ exhorts us to be the best we can be by developing our skills and abilities, by succeeding in all our tasks and endeavors. What better description can there be of capitalism?
The Labour Party believes in turning workers against owners; we believe in turning workers into owners.
Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, some body of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.
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.