My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.

My problem is how to find the best way of being useful.

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.