I Can't Legislate To Change

The Politician Who Never Made A Mistake Never Made A Decision.

Of Course There Are Regrets. I Shall Regret Always That I Found My Own Authentic Voice In Politics. I Was Too Conservative, Too Conventional. Too Safe, Too Often. Too Defensive. Too Reactive. Later, Too Often On The Back Foot.

I Think The Biggest Mistake I Made Was This Wretched Ability To See Both Sides Of An Argument.

When The Euro Was Born, It Was Born In The Wrong Economic Circumstances.

I Inherited A Sick Economy And Passed On A Sound One. But One Abiding Regret For Me Is That, In Between, I Did Not Have The Resources To Put In Place The Educational And Social Changes About Which I Cared To Much; I Made Only A Beginning, And It Was Not Enough.