"I am not prepared to sit by and see this country slide into the socialist abyss."

"I am not a person who is afraid of confrontation."

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

"I am not concerned with the popularity of my policies, but with their rightness."

"What is success? It is being able to live your life in your own way, by your own rules, and to achieve your own goals."