They've been absolutely excellent and very productive as I hoped and expected ... we discussed a whole range of issues, ... I think we've been through all the issues that you would expect, plus some more. And I've found it a very, very useful meeting, indeed.

The accumulation of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq poses a threat, a threat not just to the region but to the wider world, and I think George Bush was absolutely right to raise it.

It's got to be absolutely clear that people who are going to serve in the government of Northern Ireland have got to have given up violence for good,

We are absolutely delighted to have you here,

we are absolutely at one on this: The answer to what is happening is to intensify the attacks.

The police and security services are saying this is absolutely necessary for the security of the country

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that what is happening in Iraq now is crucial for our own security, ... Never mind the security of Iraq or the greater Middle East. It is crucial for the security of the world.

This was an absolutely fundamental charge, ... This was an allegation that we had behaved in a way which ... if true would have merited my resignation.

We hold absolutely to the 30th of June timetable,