I do not seek unpopularity as a badge of honour, but sometimes it is the price of leadership and the cost of conviction.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

Time doesn’t heal emotional pain, you need to learn how to let go.

But the thought of being a lunatic did not greatly trouble him the horror was that he might also be wrong.

I can't think of a president who has been overburdened by a knowledge of economics.

If you can't take it, you won't make it.

It's sad when you think about it, but also kind of beautiful.

Do not fight the darkness, let the light in and the darkness will disappear.

I'm a storyteller who uses all of the beauty and power of cinema to tell tales of human struggles for positive social change.

Life is short, fragile and does not wait for anyone. There will never be a perfect time to pursue your dreams and goals other than right now

The Islamic Revolution of Iran is honourable for it is the cry which has its origin in Ayatollah Khomeini's conscience.

A poem is a verbal artifact which must be as skillfully and solidly constructed as a table or a motorcycle.