Politics is compromise.
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
One of the great barriers to peace in the Middle East is that both sides, both Israel and the Palestinians, do not understand that they share a collective destiny.
It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
Blair is regarded by most people in Britain as a smarmy git.
Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.