The quality of government, I suppose, is determined not by what happens, but by how you react to what happens.

I think leadership is knowing what you want to achieve and then purposefully and sensibly taking steps to achieve it, remembering always that you have got to bring people with you if you are seeking to be a successful political leader.

Our police, our hard-working police, that our extraordinarily committed and dedicated military personnel, I'm really pleased that they are getting a good paid parental leave scheme.

If we boost productivity, we can improve economic growth.

We cannot suffer a person by his affidavit to arraign the whole justice of the country and its administration.

A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.

I would not want to see any relaxation of the law prohibiting human cloning.