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Ever so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier into a new era. ... today's announcement is such a breakthrough, a breakthrough that opens the way for massive advancement in the treatment of cancer and hereditary diseases. And that is only the beginning.
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My teachers used to call me a failure
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I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.
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In 1997, we faced daunting challenges. Boom and bust economics..... Now, for all that remains to be done, dwell for a moment on what has been achieved.
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Conflict is not inevitable, but disarmament is... everyone now accepts that if there is a default by Saddam the international community must act to enforce its will.
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Examine the legacy that we inherited and what we did. We had boom-and-bust economics and a doubled national debt.
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Be a doer and not a critic.
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The relationship between Britain and the US is fantastically important when confronting terrorism.
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Before people crow about the absence of weapons of mass destruction, I suggest they wait a bit.
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Choice dependent on wealth; those are the Tory words.
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I have long believed this interdependence defines the new world we live in.
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In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.
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We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. But I have to accept, as the months have passed, it seems increasingly clear that at the time of invasion, Saddam did not have stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons ready to deploy.
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Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.
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It's not a burning ambition for me to make sure that David Beckham earns less money.
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I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.
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I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".
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Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.
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Today the impulse towards interdependence is immeasurably greater. We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community.
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The fear of missing out means that today’s media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no-one dares miss out.
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If we don't act now, then we will go back to what has happened before and then of course the whole thing begins again and he carries on developing these weapons and these are dangerous weapons, particularly if they fall into the hands of terrorists who we know want to use these weapons if they can get them.
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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.
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Well, we definitely need a strong and clear and assertive America. That's for sure. But you've always got to build alliances. And so it's very important that we are able to build those alliances. And where we don't do what in a way to extremists want us to do, which is to make this into a battle between the West and Islam - it's not. This isn't a clash between civilizations. It's about whether the values of tolerance and respect for difference prevail.
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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.