I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions.

If you want to be a government in a minority Parliament, you have to work with other people.

Part of the reason we're all committed to coordinated stimulus is we want to stimulate the global economy. We're in a global economy, not just our national economies.p

I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

If you want to diminish the number of abortions, you've got to change hearts and not laws.

What we clearly need is experimentation with market reforms and private delivery options [in health care].

Everybody makes money when times are good. It's when times are not so good that the groundwork is laid for the next generation.