History is what we read, write and think about the past.

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.

The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.

I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

There is only one opinion poll that I am interested in and that is the one that will take place on election day.

This is the miracle of all miracles—when life sacrifices itself to become something greater. When it awakens to its potential and rises in power. That is true magic.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we will not find it.

A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

Ultimately success or failure in photographing people depends on the photographer's ability to understand his fellow man.

The guitar is a wonderful instrument which is understood by few.

Whenever I see 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', a total comedy classic, I get the urge to feel the breeze of the south of France in the summer!

I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter.

I am never one to disappoint. When I decided to invest I decided to bring the club forward. I am ready bring new ideas, vision and investment to the club.

For so remarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises whoever courts him, and admires whoever will not bend before him.