The thing always is to go to where people really are and what they're really feeling about life.

Real progress cannot be measured by money alone. We must ensure that economic growth contributes to our quality of life, rather than degrading it

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

I may find Saddam Hussein's regime abhorrent - any normal person would - but the survival of it is in his hands.

I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the intelligence was genuine.

Immigration is good for a country. It brings fresh energy.

Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.