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I came in to make a difference, to be a minister, to make policy.

In the community, in the African-American community, one person ought to say something, and that is the minister. The minister is paid by the people. He doesn't work for a big company. He doesn't represent a particular special interest.

I've been a minister and I know how cautious you have to be.

I see everything I do as an extension of the ministry. It's all about service.

To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness which is so keenly felt but so seldom expressed by the people of our age.

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

I'm a reverend and a pastor. A pastor of the church. I go by usually pastor.

If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.

I serve at the discretion of the prime minister.