In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.

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

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.

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.