1. “I judge people based on their capability, honesty and merit.”
2. “The end of the Cold War should have been the time for Nato to shut up shop, give up, go home and go away.”
3. “Voting for the status quo is not attractive to people because they know the status quo is failing them.”
4. “We are going to be considerate and compassionate to everyone. But my greatest compassion will be for our own struggling citizens.”
5. “I don’t get along with rich people. I get along with the middle class and the poor people better than I get along with the rich people.”
6. “I’m under far more scrutiny than I’ve ever been in my life. At one level I feel irritated by it because nobody really likes it when you’re under scrutiny 24/7, but I’ve learned to live with that.”
7. “Some colleagues have said they would not be very keen on working with me, but I am sure these things were said in the heat of the moment.”
8. “We are not doing celebrity, personality, abusive politics — we are doing ideas. This is about hope.”
9. “Nuclear war... is the ultimate catastrophe, and nobody’s focusing on the nuts and bolts of it ... I believe the greatest of all stupidities is people believing it will never happen, because everybody knows how destructive it will be.”
10. “At my age I’m not likely to be a long-term contender, am I?”
11. “I apologise when I’m wrong.”
12. “I believe [the media] like making me out to be something more sinister than I really am.”
13. “I think Eminem is fantastic, and most people think I wouldn’t like Eminem.”
