"The British character has been formed by a long history of self-reliance and independence."

"I stand before you today in my green suit, a colour which has been described as a colour of hope, and I have hope for Britain."

"I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand 'I have a problem, it is the Government's job to cope with it!' or 'I have a problem, I will go an…"

"The greatest danger to this country is not communism, it is socialism."

"I just owe my father everything. He brought me up to believe that I was always going to be able to do anything I wanted to do. He was a very remarkable man."