This desire for equity must not lead to an excess of welfare, where nobody is responsible for anything.

I would not be opposed to devising a new system of pensions, in which one part was based on collective provision, but which also gave incentives for people to take out an additional, personal plan.

These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.

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

Any union that can't accept workers choosing their own representatives through universal franchise is finished.

Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.

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