You need in the long run for stability, for economic growth, for jobs, as well as for financial stability, global economic institutions that make sure that growth to be sustained has to be shared, and are built on the principle that the prosperity of this world is indivisible.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.

We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines through British history. Our commitment to fairness, fair play and civic duty.

Sometimes it takes a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago, can no longer be postponed. We must create a new international financial architecture for the global age.

...in just 25 years the glaciers in the Himalayas which provide water for three-quarters of a billion people could disappear entirely.

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society