A quick cure is a quack cure.
Advisers advise, and ministers decide.
America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty- the only one. People went to America to be free.
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Consensus is the negation of leadership.
Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.
Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.
Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.
Home is where you come to when you've got nothing better to do.
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.
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.
I've been nearly scratched by Mother Teresa. I've been nearly spanked by Margaret Thatcher. I could tell you stories...
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.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
It is exciting to have a real crisis on your hands, when you have spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment.
It pays to know the enemy- not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
It's a funny old world.
No one would have remembered the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.
Of course, it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.
Personal abuse is no substitute for policy. It signals panic.
Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.
Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
The Old Testament prophets did not say, 'Brothers. I want a consensus.'
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.
There is no such thing as society: there are individual men and women, and there are families.
To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
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.
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.
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