Being powerful is a lot like being a woman: If you have to tell someone that you are, invariably, you are not.

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I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

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I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

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It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

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

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Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

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

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Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

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One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers. (On Soviet and Allied missiles in Europe)

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