“Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money.”

“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”

“When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine”

“No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.”

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

“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”

“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 and get a grant to cope with it!'; 'I am homeless, the government must house me!' and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society?"There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families, and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first."It is our duty to look after ourselves and then also to help look after our neighbour and life is a reciprocal business and people have got the entitlements too much in mind without the obligations.”