Most of the problems of government come from people being overwhelmed by the size and scale of what they have to do.

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.

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

design is so important because chaos is so hard

Sometimes being afraid can show more strength than being fearless.

The destruction of the world is the last, almost desperate attempt to save myself from being crushed by it

I made the remark that I don't avoid people in order to live quietly, but rather in order to be able to die quietly.

Be the change you want to see in your networks

We ought to thank President Bush. He made it a lot easier for people to do taxes this year. No job, no income tax this year.

Disloyalty is the secret weapon of the Tory Party.

One thing I know about the rich, being rich, is that you can take money from me and tomorrow, I'm still going to be rich.

Whoso does not see that genuine life is a battle and a march has poorly read his origin and his destiny.