I love his music because he was my generation. But then again, Elvis is everyone's generation, and he always will be.

Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.

There are significant differences between the American and European version of capitalism. The American traditiionally emphasizes the need for limited government, light regulations, low taxes and maximum labour-market flexibility. Its success has been shown above all in the ability to create new jobs, in which it is consistently more successful than Europe.

The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality.

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a cinema with the sign 'The Mummy Returns'.