“New ideas are created when they can be discussed freely, but if there is a correct view then you cease to have new ideas.”

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

Being Prime Minister is a lonely job. In a sense, it ought to be: you cannot lead from the crowd.

Freedom will destroy itself if it is not exercised within some sort of moral framework, somebody of shared beliefs, some spiritual heritage transmitted through the Church, the family, and the school.

I wasn’t lucky, I deserved it.

Of course, it’s the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

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

If you can’t afford it, you can’t have it.

The facts of life are conservative.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and would achieve nothing.

If you set out to be liked, you will accomplish nothing.

Do you know, one of the greatest problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas?

The problem with socialists is that they always run out of other people’s money.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

The larger Europe grows, the more diverse must be the forms of co-operation it requires.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn’t a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.

People will support that which they help to create.

I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.

Practical religion consists in doing good: and the only way of serving God is that of endeavoring to make His creation happy. All preaching that has not this for its object is nonsense and hypocrisy.

How can such scary looking parents create something so cute?

I am not a home breaker and I can never be. I haven’t been brought up to create havoc in other people’s homes.

That which is creative must create itself.

The best way to create emotional or spiritual distance between me and another person is for them to come up to me and go, ‘yaassssss.’