The time horizon may be too long for sole reliance on market solutions - but perhaps the inventiveness of the financial services industry will prove me wrong that point!

The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

The European Union is the world's most successful invention for advancing peace.

The U.S. - E.U. economic relationship dwarfs America's economic ties with China.

Ireland has a role to play in making the E.U. united and strong.

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.