Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

I'm a survivor, " I said. But I didn't think that claim would carry much weight in an obituary.

It takes a moment to love and be loved. Hours spent judging are a waste.

Now, even more than the evening before, he could think of no one with whom to compare her. She had become absolute, beyond comparison. She had become decision and fate.

We are offspring of God.

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

When I go out, I love steak and caviar.

Some people think self-employment is risky, but the real risk lies in deriving your security from an external source.

How could anyone stay sane with entire lifetimes stored in one human mind?

Everyday is filled with opportunities to take a quiet moment

Morality is character and conduct such as is required by the circle or community in which the man's life happens to be placed. It shows how much good men require of us.