Education is the best economic policy there is.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

heartbeat the sound i must hearand listen

Tofu tacos are not Mexican. I think putting tofu on anything and calling it Mexican is an insult to my people.

If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that without having learned it from anyone.

we've got to find a better way to handle the expense of disease. Odd as it may seem, the more efficient we become in eliminating disease, the more our services are out of reach of the people.

He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

As a painter I make up projects for myself to express myself. And there's no client, there's no direction.

Without great mountains we cannot reach great heights.

It's a good time to be making movies, despite the cynicism people have about Hollywood.

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it.