I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

In this nation, leadership is dollars.

In terms of having views and being prepared to express them, yes, I think New Zealand's had a leadership role in a lot of things.