When people are free to choose, they choose freedom

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

The Government wants a peaceful settlement. But we totally reject a peaceful sell-out.

It is your tax which pays for public spending. The government have no money of their own. There is only taxpayers' money.

I have made it quite clear that a unified Ireland was one solution that is out. A second solution was a confederation of two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out-that is a derogation of sovereignty.

How very popular to say, 'spend more on this, expend more on that.' And of course, we all have our favorite causes; I know I do. But someone has to add up the figures. Every business has to do it, every housewife has to do it, [and] every government should do it.

I'm not a good butcher but I've had to learn to carve the joint. People expect a new look.

The mission of this government is much more than the promotion of economic progress. It is to renew the spirit and solidarity of the nation.

At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law.