"I will not stagger from expedient to..." - Quote by Margaret Thatcher

“When you've spent half your political life dealing with humdrum issues like the environment, it's exciting to have a real crisis on your hands.”

“People are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture.”

“If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.”

“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”

“A man's first duty is to his own conscience and honor; the party and country come second to that, and never first.”

“No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing.”

“Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.”

“A man should be what he seems.”

“O, this life Is nobler than attending for a check, Richer than doing nothing for a robe, Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk: Such pain the cap of him that makes him fine Yet keeps his book uncrossed.”