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If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

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I've got my teeth into him, and I'm not going to let go.

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It is recorded how towards the end of the eighteenth century a Muslim visitor to England was taken to see the House of Commons at work. He later wrote of his astonishment at finding the that the British Parliament actually made laws and fixed punishments for their infraction - because unlike Muslims the English had not accepted a divine law revealed from heaven and therefore had to resort to such unsatisfactory expedients. Muslims still understand the expression 'the rule of law' very differently than do most Westerners.

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Well, there's a lot to react against![in response to the accusation that she was a reactionary]

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Hope is no basis for a defense policy.

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How thin is the crust of order over the fires of human appetite and the lust for naked power.

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Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

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I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.

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If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It will either demand that past promises are broken, or it will not work, or it will not pay taxes, or the most talented people will leave. Socialist governments which have tried to tax 'till the pips squeak' have ample experience of that.

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Why do you climb philosophical hills? Because they are worth climbing . . . There are no hills to go down unless you start from the top.

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Socialists have always spent much of their time seeking new titles for their beliefs, because the old versions so quickly become outdated and discredited.

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To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

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Object to merit and distinction, and you're setting your face against quality, independence, originality, genius against all the richness and variety of life. When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

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Just rejoice at the news and congratulate our armed forces and the Marines. Rejoice!

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Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

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You do not achieve anything without trouble, ever.

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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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I've learned one thing in politics. You don't take a decision until you have to.

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I have very strong views about Europe. We're quite the best country. We rescued them. We're not going to get entangled with them. We've got to keep our own independence. Is that clear?

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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

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