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

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

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

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

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.

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