Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing.
Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.
Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.
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.