"I've got a woman's ability to stick to a job and get on with it when everyone else walks off and leaves it."

"My great fear is that I can't do my best. I always want to do my best."

"We need to create a society in which every individual has the opportunity to achieve their full potential."

"I came to office with one paramount aim: to change the national mood. From despondency to hope, from dependency to self-reliance."

"I am not a consensus politician. I am a conviction politician."