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When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equality - other than equality before the law - that government poses a threat to liberty.

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The spirit of envy can destroy; it can never build.

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Working hard may not make you rich, but it should make you successful.

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I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

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I will not change just to court popularity.

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It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

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I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty.

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My first guiding principle is this: willing and active co-operation between independent sovereign states. Europe will be stronger precisely because it has France as France, Spain as Spain, Britain as Britain, each with its own customs, traditions and identity. It would be folly to try to fit them into some sort of identikit European personality.

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As a motive for terror, religion has more often than not required a good deal of lubrication by lucre.

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The Kosovo campaign was a just and necessary war. And I believe that Blair - of whom I have many criticisms - in this case showed real determination in conducting it.

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The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality.

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I owe a great deal to the church for everything in which I believe. I am very glad that I was brought up strictly. I was a very serious child. There was not a lot of fun and sparkle in my life.

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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 some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics. Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

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

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Nothing is more obstinate than a fashionable consensus.

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If it's me against 48, I feel sorry for the 48.

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We want a society in which we are free to make choices, to make mistakes, to be generous and compassionate. That is what we mean by a moral society - not a society in which the State is responsible for everything, and no one is responsible for the State.

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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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People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first. It is our duty to look after ourselves and then, also, to look after our neighbours.

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