In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next 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.

It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.

A judgmental heart keeps listening to the things that annoy.

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I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.

God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who wants to hide, but is unsuccessful at hiding; therefore, somehow I succeed.

You just have to enjoy life and that's what I like to do.

Avowed work, even when uncongenial, is far less trying to patience than feigned pleasure.

We must not believe the Evil One when he tells us that there is nothing we can do in the face of violence, injustice and sin.

No" is always an easier stand than "Yes.

Nobody wants to be a lawyer - it's hard work. But it was kind of my academic route.