Two gems from Margaret Thatcher:
Consensus is the process of “abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies … something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.”—quoted in The Wall Street Journal, 04/09/13
“To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: ‘You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’”—at a Conservative Party conference, 1981