People should go about their daily lives, to work, to live, to travel, to shop, to do the things people did in the same way as they did them before 11 September.

I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

There is nothing like waking up at six in the morning and changing a baby's nappy to bring you face to face with life's reality.

Real integrity means an answer. It doesn't just mean - it doesn't mean riding the anger. And this is very difficult to do.

One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is happening differently.

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

If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.