There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

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.

Once you change the way you see the world, you can never go back to not seeing it that way.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.

We have to say what's happening. There is crime, as you know. There's a lot of crime and there's a lot of problems. But I think together [with Enrique Pena], we'll solve those problems.

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

Only a fool would refuse to enter a fool's paradise when that's the only paradise he'll ever have a chance to enter.

Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.

You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges.

Wait'll next year! is the favorite cry of baseball fans, football fans, hockey fans, and gardeners.