He prefers that slightly obsequious role in which we appear like the Edwardian retainer in Washington… What have we actually got out of the US administration [in return for supporting the war in Iraq]? Forms of words that occasionally weren't as bad as they might have been.

Hopefully, that's the start of good things to come, ... I expect to have my best performances here in Washington. I feel like they're going to give me an opportunity to go out there and be a difference maker, and that's a step in the right direction.

The Cincinnatus of the West, / Whom envy dared not hate, / Bequeathed the name of Washington, / To make man blush there was but one!

Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great; Where neither guilty glory glows, Nor despicable state? Yes--one the first, the last, the best, The Cincinnatus of the West Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeathed the name of Washington To make man blush; there was but one.

While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.

Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,