Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.
Isn’t a policy of conventional weapons, with the terrible bombs raining down, with the missiles, with the aircraft, with the submarines, with the torpedoes, with the tanks, with chemical weapons – isn’t that based on the possibility of threat?
I can’t bear Britain in decline. I just can’t.
Successful entrepreneurship is ultimately a matter of flair. But there is also a fund of practical knowledge to be acquired and, of course, the right legal and financial framework has to be provided for productive enterprise to develop.
But if Saddam had been in a position credibly to threaten America or any of its allies – or the coalition’s forces – with attack by missiles with nuclear warheads, would we have gone to the Gulf at all?
Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower.
In my lifetime all our problems have come from mainland Europe and all the solutions have come from the English-speaking nations across the world.
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare combination, and we should value it highly.
I have the money and they won’t get their hands on it.
We’re saying to anyone who dares to attack us, Do not do it, you couldn’t win, the result would be devastating! I think you’re saying the same.
Rooster, maybe well crows, but the eggs still bears the chicken.
I think, historically, the term ‘Thatcherism’ will be seen as a compliment.
The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality.
To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.
And what a prize we have to fight for: no less than the chance to banish from our land the dark divisive clouds of Marxist socialism.
It is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are not serious or being seriously undertaken.
In order to unscramble some eggs the leader gotta have some balls.
There is much to be said for trying to improve some disadvantaged people’s lot. There is nothing to be said for trying to create heaven on earth.
Let’s make it clear: the Conservative Party has no plans for new NHS charges.
We should see to it that our people are steeped in a real knowledge and understanding of our national culture.