All parts of the society need to feel that the police service is their police service, and that does not happen unless all parts of society are represented in the police

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

We are always going somewhereelse

What determines whether the usage is acceptable or inappropriate? If you want to make a great first impression with positive impact, it is essential that you know there is a difference.

People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.

Stupidity is always astounding, no matter how often one encounters it.

But my favorite part in my body are my dark circles. They define me. They reveal my melancholy.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

Nothing is swifter than our years.

Everybody has an instinctive desire to do good things and avoid evil. But that desire is sterile as long as we have no experience of what it means to be good.

O faithless coward! O dishonest wretch! Wilt thou be made a man out of my vice?