I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver.

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

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.

I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but it will get you pretty near.

Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species -- it is the tigress and lioness in you -- which tends to defend when attacked.

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

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.