History should remember Blair and Bush as the killers of children, or as the lying prime minister and president.

I thought that the United Nations is a creature of the five super-powers who were given veto powers. I don't like veto powers at all.

No one should have extra influence on an organisation. We should always regard ourselves as equals in the organisation, and we should be concerned about each other's problems.

Knowledge has always been important, of course. The ancient Egyptians did not raise the stones for the pyramids relying on the incantations of their gods. The waters in the irrigation canals of the great Indus Civilisation did not flow according to the laws of ignorance. Knowledge has always been power and wealth.

Currency trading is unnecessary, unproductive and totally immoral. It should be stopped.

We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right.

When I became Prime Minister, I looked back on what was done before – what were the policies and actions before – and I thought that I need to be critical if I’m going to do anything at all.