Gordon Brown promised to abolish boom and bust. He has kept half his promise.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I know people are fickle.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it

Other countries have far greater problems than we have.

They [sic] ain't gonna stop me from coming here, baby.

I may not be a pin-up, but I'm one hell of a boxer.

The only mistake is not to risk making one.

I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwiches? All-encompassingly.

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

This is AIDS. AIDS is as real as an egg.

Distance in a straight line has no mystery. The mystery is in the sphere.