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This business of the working class is on its way out I think. After all, aren't I working class? I work jolly hard, I can tell you.

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If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the people want. Democracy is leading the people as well.

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A leader is someone who knows what they want to achieve and can communicate that.

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Communism produces neither dignity nor prosperity. It takes all power away from the people and places it in the hands of a self-appointed elite. And because it distorts and manipulates the distinctive talents of individuals rather than letting those talents flourish, it prevents progress and prosperity.

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It is not the creation of wealth that is wrong, but the love of money for its own sake.

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Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

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I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

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As the former dissident Vladimir Bukovsky once remarked – referring to the Russian proverb to the effect that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – he had seen plenty of broken eggs, but never tasted any omelette.

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All corporatism - even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea - encourages inflexibility, discourages individual accountability, and risks magnifying errors by concealing them.

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A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.

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I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to a Social Chapter but not within the treaty and without Britain's participation. It sets a vital precedent. For an enlarged Community can only function if we build in flexibility of that kind... John Major deserves high praise for ensuring at Maastricht that we would not have either a Single Currency or the absurd provisions of the Social Chapter forced upon us: our industry, workforce, and national prosperity will benefit as a result.

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Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls

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You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.

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Freedom under the law must never be taken for granted.

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

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No great goal was ever easily achieved.

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If... many influential people have failed to understand, or have just forgotten, what we were up against in the Cold War and how we overcame it, they are not going to be capable of securing, let alone enlarging, the gains that liberty has made.

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If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

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If there is one instance in which a foreign policy I pursued met with unambiguous failure, it was my policy on German reunification.

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We should see to it that our people are steeped in a real knowledge and understanding of our national culture.

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