Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

In my family and friends I have discovered treasure more valuable than gold.

Through the many changes I have seen over the years, faith, family, and friendship have been not only a constant for me, but a source of personal comfort and reassurance.

If I am asked what I think about family life after 25 years of marriage, I can answer with equal simplicity and conviction, I am for it.

Family does not necessarily mean blood relatives but often a description of a community, organisation or nation.

Our children, and all my family, have given me such love and unstinting help over the years, and especially in recent months.