To be a teacher you must be a prophet - because you are trying to prepare people for a world thirty to fifty years into the future.

Tony Blair is the best friend I've had in politics.

Britain and Pakistan will jointly fight the menace of terrorism .. Both the countries are facing a common threat of terrorism and we know that Pakistan is even more committed to fighting this menace

I think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair

The vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered

Britain should be the world's number one center for genetic and stem cell research, building on our world leading regulatory regime in the area.

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