"I have no time for those who say there is no way Scotland could go it alone. I know first-hand the contribution Scotland and Scots make to Britain's success - so for me there's no question about whether Scotland could be an independent nation."

"I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you can begin to see even the Labour machine beginning to understand that it has become over-reliant on targets and processes, that local governments have been over-bossed and bullied."

"Taken as a whole, Europe's share of world output is projected to fall by almost a third in the next two decades. This is the competitiveness challenge - and much of our weakness in meeting it is self-inflicted. Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon."

"The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country."

"Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights; government should never be permitted to take those away."

"In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order."

"What's cool is when you're able to give your audience imagination and you don't have to cage them in like animals."

"It is a humble truth that justice is the harmonious balance between individual liberty and collective good — an essential principle for the reflective life."