I joined this party because I believe in freedom. We are the only party believing that if you give people freedom and responsibility, they will grow stronger and society will grow stronger.

I want you to come with me. We'll be tested, and challenged, but we'll never give up. We'll never turn back. So let the message go out from this conference, a modern compassionate Conservatism is right for our times, right for our party - and right for our country. If we go for it, if we seize it, if we fight for it with every ounce of passion, vigour and energy from now until the next election, nothing and no one can stop us.

I think it was right to remove Saddam Hussein. I think it was the right decision then and I still think it was right now.

There is such a thing as society. It's just not the same thing as the state.

I want to talk about the future. He was the future once.

We will reflect the country we aspire to govern, and the sound of modern Britain is a complex harmony, not a male voice choir.

I think the prospect of bringing back grammar schools has always been wrong and I've never supported it. And I don't think any Conservative government would have done it.

I am Conservative to the core of my being, as those who know me best will testify.

Issues that once divided Conservatives from Liberal Democrats are now issues where we both agree. Our attitude to devolution and localisation of power. Iraq. The environment. I'm a liberal Conservative.

Lots of people call me Dave, my mum calls me David, my wife calls me Dave, I don't really notice what people call me.