Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

Life is tough - and you have to be tougher than life to change the world.

I think the U.S. should assert its leadership in a more effective way.

I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.

I deeply believe that marriage is by nature between a man and a woman, but that conviction does not prevent me from recognising that other forms of affective relationships exist.

We've got to move beyond the idea that the public and private sectors are at odds. Government has to lay the groundwork for private equity to productively invest in things like education. It's a partnership, not a battle.