“The message I take all round the world is Britain is open for business.”

“I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.”

“You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.”

“Syria should not belong to one family, to one coterie, or to one party. It belongs to all the people of Syria equally, in all their religious and ethnic diversity.”

“We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.”

“It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.”

“It's really necessary for the United States to continue to give strong leadership to the Middle East peace process, supported by European countries at the same time.”

“There is no budget for travel for a Shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“There's only one growth strategy: work hard.”