A generation of children has been betrayed.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I know people are fickle.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

Pain doesn't last. And when it's gone, we have something to show for it. Growth.

History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.

The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music.

The tide of history is turning women from beasts of burden and sexual playthings into full-fledged human beings.

I think the War on Terror has succeeded in creating more terror, more terrorists, a less safe America, and a less safe world.

The American economy has always been the innovator in the world, and we're starting to see some tremendous increases in innovation, especially in the clean energy sector.