The U.S. states that allow for citizens' initiatives tend to have fewer laws and lower taxes than the ones that don't. But the beauty of the system is that it encourages the spread of best practice.

You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt.

The next Euro-elections will be a step towards a United States of Europe

The most dangerous diminutions of freedom come from those who are convinced of their moral rectitude.

If you vote for candidates who think it's the role of the state to provide health care, don't complain when your hospitals are as badly run as everything else run by the state.

Europe tends to favor stability over democracy, America democracy over stability.

You cannot carry on forever squeezing the productive bit of the economy in order to fund an unprecedented engorgement of the unproductive bit.

I am not the Conservative Party's health care spokesman. I'm fond of Andrew Lansley, and I strongly support David Cameron as party leader.

Never choose between your heart or brain. Neither instincts nor anything perfectly planned is always right. Follow what heart says but let brain accompany it.

We live together, we act on, and react to one another; but always, and in all circumstances, we are by ourselves.

Why? Oh, well - I thought you'd be rather an attractive person to marry. That's all. I mean, I sort of took a fancy to you. I can't tell you why. There's no rule about it, you know.

Rudeness is the weak man's limitation of strength.

Words and thoughts are a tremendous vibratory force, ever moulding man's body and affairs.

If you need a helping hand, you can find one at the end of your arm.

If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.

You need lucky breaks to be successful.

Accept that the moment you buy your latest iPad, iPhone, tablet, app or game it will be promptly followed by a vastly improved and sleeker looking version.