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I might have preferred iron - but bronze will do. It won't rust. This time I hope, the head will stay on.

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New technology is the true friend of full employment; the indispensable ally of progress; and the surest guarantee of prosperity.

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I do believe that political arrangements which are based upon violence, intimidation and theft will eventually break down - and will deserve to do so.

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It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago). We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.

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I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.

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There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

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When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

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One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.

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If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

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I want my money back!

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They [Federalist European Politicians] divide their time between court room, prison and debating chamber - giving a whole new meaning to the term 'conviction politician'.

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Individualism has come in for an enormous amount of criticism over the years. It still does. It is widely assumed to be synonymous with selfishness...But the main reason why so many people in power have always disliked individualism is because it is individualists who are ever keenest to prevent the abuse of authority.

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Most women are far more intelligent than people give them credit for.

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Consensus is the negation of leadership.

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For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defence in favour of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other's good intentions.

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To me consensus seems to be - the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies in search of something in which no-one believes, but to which no-one objects.

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I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.

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We are very fortunate to have someone else's weapons stationed on our soil, to fight those targeted on us.

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[On Ronald Reagan:] Poor dear, there's nothing between his ears.

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You cannot make an omelet without breaking some balls

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