When I was born, the Internet was barely two years old. It was the preserve of academics, used to connect dozens rather than billions of users. There weren't many who predicted it would transform our world.
I don't want to watch 'Newsnight.' I just don't understand those politicians who genuinely want to watch it for pleasure.
If someone believes that living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, then we need to make them think again.
If freedom of movement is to be sustainable, then our publics must see it as freedom to move to work, rather than freedom to choose the most generous benefits.
It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.
Britain can choose, as others are, short term fixes and more stimulus. Or we can lead the world with long-term solutions to long-term problems.
The threat from terrorists - from extreme ideologies - needs to be challenged head-on.
Margaret Thatcher's government redistributed money from rich to poor. And that's the nature of a modern western democracy.
Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.
The message I would say to China is, 'Carry on with the reform; carry on with the change you are making.'
I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.
Britain needs a tough, strong financial conduct regulator.
There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent.
We are not quitters. Britain has always gone out there; we have probably been more influential than any other country in shaping our world and the way it has thought about itself, the way we interact as nations.
In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.
I've learned to be true to yourself, stick to the big arguments, don't get distracted by the everyday kerfuffle that is in the nature of any democratic system.
Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook.
