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The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

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But because we accept the sanctity of life, the responsibility that comes with freedom and the supreme sacrifice of Christ expressed so well in the hymn: 'When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of Glory died. My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride.'

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You will only succeed if you know that what you are doing is right and you know how to bring out the best in people.

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The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.

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During my lifetime most of the problems the world has faced have come, in one fashion or another, from mainland Europe and the solution from outside it.

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It is important not to allow ever wider coalition-building to become an end in itself. As we saw in the Gulf War of 1990, international pressures, particularly those exerted from within an alliance, can result in the failure to follow actions through and so leave future problems unresolved.

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

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You don't win by just being against things, you only win by being for things and making your message perfectly clear.

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All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual.

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You cannot make an omelet without breaking some balls

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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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All the general propositions favouring freedom I had .. imbibed at my father's knee or acquired by candle-end reading of Burke and Hayek...

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Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly.

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When we hear (as we sometimes do) that (Russia's) economic output is about half the level of a decade ago or that real incomes have fallen sharply, it is worth recalling that economic statistics under the Soviet Union were hardly more reliable than any other official statements. Moreover, a country that produces what no one wants to buy, and whose workers receive wages that they cannot use to buy goods they want, is hardly in the best of economic health.

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From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.

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Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.

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I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

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Let me give you my vision: A man's right to work as he will, to spend what he earns, to own property, to have the state as servant and not as master. These are the British inheritance. They are the essence of a free country, and on that freedom all of our other freedoms depend.

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I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity of optimism . . . and a certain similarity in the lack of practical results during the ensuring years.

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To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only this to say, ‘You turn if you want; the lady’s not for turning.

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