Ideals survive through change. They die through inertia in the face of challenge.

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.

The winning strategy is the one that successfully adapts to the changing circumstances of time, place, and person.

If you're scared, do something.

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing.

Society flourishes when people think entrepreneurally.

There are so many books I mean to read, and things I mean to see.

Building trust is a process. Trust results from consistent and predictable interaction over time.

...nobody would think of asking the U.N. General Assembly what it thinks because it is dominated by nations with no power and less legitimacy

It is easy to magnify human personality and agencies. Prayer recognizes that God is the source of life and light and energy.

You can tell a lot about yourself by how you go about things.