What government has to do is to set the framework for human talent to flourish.
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World (2002)
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What government has to do is to set the framework for human talent to flourish.
It is always important in matters of high politics to know what you do not know. Those who think they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge.
Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower.
I came to office with one deliberate intent: to change Britain from a dependent to a self-reliant society — from a give-it-to-me, to a do-it-yourself nation. A get-up-and-go, instead of a sit-back-and-wait-for-it Britain.
A man may climb Everest for himself, but at the summit he plants his country’s flag.
Defeat—I do not recognise the meaning of the word!