"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 ir…"

"Britain's decline is not inevitable. It is a choice."

"No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well."

"The British people want to be free to make their own choices, to take their own risks, and to reap their own rewards."

"I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it."