You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of the time that's healthy and indeed even creative. But it's where - it's really when news organisations are used as kind of instruments of politics that it gets tricky.

I think most people who have dealt with me think I'm a pretty straight sort of guy, and I am.

No one is to blame for the breakdown in trust between politics, media and the public.

I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.

The money from Iraqi oil will be yours - it will no longer be used by Saddam Hussein for his own benefit.

We promise that the events of 1991 will not happen again. We have pledged to remove Saddam. And we will deliver.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.