I don't mind how much my ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.
You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
No one would remember the good samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
I owe nothing to women's lib.
The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as quislings, as traitors... I mean it.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
This lady is not for turning.
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
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.
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air.
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.