No agent I have ever met was hired for his sense of humor.

CNN: Secret Service still the best and the brightest

And can we shift the balance of power, so that people don't feel that their community is out of control, that they have no sense of power over the things that matter to them, and I think that's what the government is determined to address, but not by imposing a solution, but by trying to make something, develop something that actually works locally.

BBC: Politics Show, Sunday 23 October 2005

But at the same time how do you fund your operation for this election, I'm thinking in the sense of do you have great business support or do you find that business people say no we've got to go into the single currency?

BBC: News Online