The trouble is nowadays that parts of the media operate in a very partisan way. There's no point in complaining about it, that's the way it is. But let's be clear, a lot of it is driven by the views of a pretty small number of people, rather than a normal standard of journalism.

If we are wrong, we will have destroyed a threat that, at its least is responsible for inhuman carnage and suffering. That is something I am confident history will forgive.

I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice.

We are all internationalists now, whether we like it or not...

There will be no peace in our world without an understanding of the place of religion within it.

Surely we have the wit and will to develop economically without despoiling the very environment we depend upon

When I started out as Prime Minister I wanted to please all the people all the time. By the end I was wondering if I pleased any of the people any of the time.