In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car.

The idea that we should be open to all ideas is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.

Where countries have been able to carry through on their reform commitments - as in Korea, Thailand and the Philippines - results are starting to come in the form of lower interest rates, new investment and increased growth.

We must recognise that in an integrated world, trade cannot be divorced from other concerns. We need to promote free trade and serious global efforts with respect to common problems even as we support every nation's right to chart its own course.

It certainly was difficult to sell NAFTA because it's always difficult to sell open markets.

The availability of private insurance provides tremendous insulation for millions of individuals

One of those disturbing tendencies in academic life is that there is a desire on the part of many in the name of open-mindedness to fall into a kind of relativistic denialism in which all positions are equally legitimate, all positions must be respected, and compromise must be entered into no matter what the starting point or reasonableness of the two parties.