Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I know people are fickle.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

After self-love the second best gift you could ever give yourself is self-discipline.

It doesn't sound so far-fetched, right? When two people love each other? While a part of me still wants to believe it's possible, I know it's not going to happen

You don't have to love me. Just don't leave me," he said against my leg

How can the world progress if women don't consider men ... the Man ... first?

This branch of mathematics [Probability] is the only one, I believe, in which good writers frequently get results which are entirely erroneous.

The accidental causes of science are only accidents relatively to the intelligence of a man.

I just never was the marrying kind.

The dark, uneasy world of family life - where the greatest can fail and the humblest succeed.

I think there's two kinds of love. One kind of love burns so hot that it burns out before you get a chance to enjoy it. The other love is one that lifts you and makes you better than you were before.