I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

You can never plan the future by the past.

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred.

One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system.