Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.

But I am an optimist about Britain; and the difference between an optimist and a pessimist is not that the optimist believes the world is wonderful and the pessimist believes it's beset by challenges; the difference is the pessimist believes we will be defeated by them; the optimist thinks the challenges can be overcome.

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

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

Retreat might give us a moment of respite but years of repentance at our weakness would, I believe, follow.

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

What we want to see is the development of human rights and greater democracy, not just because it is our system but because we think that's the best way that economic and political development go hand in hand.