"I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already."

"For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place."

"There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage."

"It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits."

"Wisdom principle 4 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 11."

"Wisdom principle 1 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 27."

"To question with sincerity is the first step toward dismantling dogma — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Wisdom principle 34 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 28."