Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world.

The first rule in politics is that there are no rules, at least not in the sense of inevitable defeats or inevitable victories. If you have the right policy and the right strategy, you always have a chance of winning. Without them, you can lose no matter how certain the victory seems.

Moreover, for decades we have been prone to far greater swings in the economic cycle than our continental counterparts. It has been boom and bust....Under this Government, there is an entirely new framework for economic management in place.

Today the impulse towards interdependence is immeasurably greater. We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".

NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO.