It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith.

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.

Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.