The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war...

To tackle the underlying roots of violence and conflict, we need a massive international effort to reduce poverty and injustice, and to promote development, democracy and human rights.

It needs to become as easy to get hold of a condom in a poor country as Coca-Cola.

People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of being in favor of the sun rising in the morning.

Most of us women like men, you know; it's just that we find them a constant disappointment.

I think the suffering, violence and cruelty and Guantanamo and the rest is going to go on and on in Iraq.

But then Iraq happened after September 2001 and America claimed that Al Qaeda was there, and we all know that was a lie and we now know that our own Prime Minister deceived the country terribly.

One must strike the right balance between speed and quality.

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

[Israel] undermines the international community's reaction to global warming.

Israel is much worse than the original apartheid state.

Why would you take a drug that is guaranteed to kill you in forty years? One reason, right? It's the only thing that will stop you dying tomorrow.

To say she is only a woman is to say a violin is a piece of wood with strings, and Dante is mere ink printed on paper.

Blessing is bowing down to receive the expressions of divine favor that in the inner recesses of the human heart and mind make life worth the bother.

I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in.

There is no honest man! not one, that can resist the attraction of gold!

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

I couldn't live without something that touches my heart. No one should.

The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.

As long as my ballets are danced, I will live.