I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today. And I say without the slightest remorse, that we wouldn't be here, we would not have made economic progress, if we had not intervened on very personal matters - who your neighbour is, how you live, the noise you make, how you spit, or what language you use. We decide what is right. Never mind what the people think.

One-man-one-vote is a most difficult form of government.. Results can be erratic.

I started off believing all men were equal. I now know that's the most unlikely thing ever to have been... But by observation, reading, watching, arguing, asking, that is the conclusion I've come to.

What is of consequence is I did my best.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.

I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today.

I feel sanguine enough to say that there has never been a better set of conditions for open democratic politics because there is no need for unified front politics.