The gravest threat faced by the world is of an extremist group getting hold of nuclear weapons or materials.

Iran has the technology to produce the highly enriched uranium, which is not automatically meaning nuclear weapon.

Egypt under Hosni Mubarak had deteriorated to the status of a failed state. We must wipe the slate clean and start again.

Democracy is more than a ballot box.

I have, as you know, the utmost respect for President Obama as a person.

The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world.

We must abandon the unworkable notion that it is morally reprehensible for some countries to pursue weapons of mass destruction, yet morally acceptable for others to rely on them for security - and indeed to continue to refine their capacities and postulate plans for their use