I would just like to remember some words of St. Francis of Assisi which I think are really just particularly apt at the moment. 'Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. And where there is despair, may we bring hope.

I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the tiresomeness and stubbornness by giving me what I want.

That is what capitalism is: a system that brings wealth to the many, not just the few.

Whether manufactured by black, white, brown or yellow hands, a widget remains a widget – and it will be bought anywhere if the price and quality are right. The market is a more powerful and more reliable liberating force than government can ever be.

I have the money and they won't get their hands on it.

Europe will never be like America. Europe is a product of history. America is a product of philosophy.

A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure.