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In the background lurks the scourge of international terrorism. There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses. Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement. They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business. They must never be allowed to succeed.

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President Numeiri of Sudan is said to have remarked of Gadaffi that he was 'a man with a split personality - both of them evil'.

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At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law.

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Wars are not caused by the buildup of weapons. They are caused when an aggressor believes he can achieve his objectives at an acceptable price.

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Socialism lays an bad egg by killing the capitalism that lays the golden eggs

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[On being asked how many Mrs. Thatchers there were:] Oh, three at least. There is the intellectual one, the intuitive one and the one at home.

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Any leader has to have a certain amount of steel in them, so I am not that put out being called the Iron Lady.

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Consensus is the negation of leadership.

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If someone is confronting our essential liberties, if someone is inflicting injuries and harm, by God I'll confront them!

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Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower.

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I owe nothing to Women's Lib.

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It used to be about trying to do something. Now it's about trying to be someone.

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Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

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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 do not believe it is in the character of the British people to begrudge the lion's share to those who have genuinely played the lion's part. They are ready to recognise that those who create the wealth - and I mean not only material but intellectual wealth - enrich the whole nation.

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For the Christian there can be no social or political panaceas, no easy escapes from personal responsibility achieved by collectivising guilt or virtue. The true ends of temporal life lie beyond it, and, though the tyrannical State may diminish virtue, the benevolent State cannot procure it.

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I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy, you put it into effect, elections were held, and then, in accordance with the result, you stepped down.

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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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There are too many people who imagine that there is something sophisticated about always believing the best of those who hate your country, and the worst of those who defend it.

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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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