Charles Moore > Quotes

“That July, on a flight to the Republican convention in Detroit which nominated him as the party’s presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan had chatted with his political guru, Stuart Spencer: ‘Spencer asked the question all political pros learn to ask their candidates early on. “Why are you doing this, Ron? Why do you want to be President?” Without a moment’s hesitation Reagan answered, “To end the Cold War.”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands

“union boss. There is a widespread feeling in the country that the Conservative Party has not defended these ideals explicitly and toughly enough, so that Britain is set on a course towards inevitable Socialist mediocrity.”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume 1: From Grantham to the Falklands

“There is only one direction in which the Conservative party can proceed if it is to find itself. It must stand for all the things for which Conservatism, in its best times, has stood — for the family and the individual; against the state and against bureaucracy; against monopolies and against cartels; for people and against collectives. It must resist the temptation to expect the state to behave as a nanny, and strive for recognition for citizens.”
― Charles Moore, Margaret Thatcher in The Spectator: 1975-1990