Today we confront the future with optimism from a founded hope for the Iraqi people - in freedom

Appeasement was never a very clever policy, and it should not be our option today.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Young people in particular need real options to find a decent job and to lift their lives. I'm not sure the new Islamist governments will be the best to promote prosperity and growth.

There are countries that prefer to think that they're buying comfort at the cost of others, but I don't think that's the way you can act in this world. There are no neutral groups.

Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things.