"What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it."

"I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion."

"I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives."

"We've got to see a state where the Afghan government can handle its own day-to-day security."

"The real war will never get in the books."

"This aesthetic quality, then, is what politics is all about. It's authenticity that separates winners from losers, good politics from bad, and he-man leader-types from consultant-directed puppet-boys."

"Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows a mind at peace can weather any storm."