If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory in defeat. The hardest job for a politician today is to have the courage to be a moderate. It's easy to take an extreme position.

There is no such thing as an acceptable level of unemployment, because hunger is not acceptable, poverty is not acceptable, poor health is not acceptable, and a ruined life is not acceptable.

Asia is rich in people, rich in culture and rich in resources. It is also rich in trouble.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.

We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?