Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.

The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.

Across the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.

Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes.

You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.

Bleak House by Charles Dickens is my favourite book.

I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.

Focus on kindness not on hate.Bliss will flow to open the gate.

Wisdom is merely the counter power used against on your unique talents to prevent them turning into your deadly curses.

As we try to achieve perfection, society changes and we just become more imperfect

Sometimes our best speech is the way we look in silence!

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

Knowing is the same thing as the inner voice.

Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be.

The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly anymore, but you still love them and keep in touch.

People only get in the afterlife what they have most wanted-either to have God as Savior and Master or to be their own Saviors and Masters.