you cannot maintain popular support for immigration policy, multiculturalism, unless you can control your borders.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

The way to lose weight is to eat less, so I ate a lot less for a month and lost a lot of weight pretty quickly.

The only reason to be in politics is public service. There's no other reason. Frankly, if that's the best job you can get in terms of money, that's too bad, you know. Because frankly, it's not well paid, everyone knows that. So for most people it's a big sacrifice.

It is unmanly. It is not some expression of macho virtue. It is the absolute antithesis of this. Real men don't bully women and children. Respect for women ... is so important.

There is nothing more important in business or politics than a deal is a deal.

It's really corny to say, but if you are happily married and have good kids, that is about 98 per cent of what you should be seeking to achieve.