King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king. He led Saudi Arabia through a period of unparalleled progress and development.

It is absurd to say in respect of any intelligence that it is infallible, but if you ask me what I believe, I believe the intelligence was correct, and I think in the end we will have an explanation.

Be a doer and not a critic.

I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated.

Ask me my three main priorities for government, and I tell you: education, education and education.

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.

The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power.