Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I know people are fickle.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

Do not do anything local as believers. Whatever you do should be magnified to be comprehensive

The world is with you.

The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

There was no more good or evil in this world than we imagine there to be, either out of greed or out of innocence. Or sometimes madness.

You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.

If science proves facts that conflict with Buddhist understanding, Buddhism must change accordingly. We should always adopt a view that accords with the facts.

Everything you do with Palestinians in Israel someone will criticize.

Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.

There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it.

I hate it when, after I let a white person know they've said something racist, I end up having to listen for hours to their life.