"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money."

"It's passionately interesting for me that the things that I learned in a small town, in a very modest home, are just the things that I believe have won the election."

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

"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."

"Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women - 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data - is practically absurd and morally indefensible."

"My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation."

"Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying."

"There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply."