There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it

Society today is so organised that every individual group has the power to disrupt it. How is their power to be channelled into constructive channels?

A lie is the most sacred private property on Earth. Governments claim it is not theirs, and that their critics are the rightful owners.

Robin looked at Daniel and had the meanest thought of her life: "He'll do.

You can't condemn a whole group of people because of the actions of a few.

Training a child is exactly like training a puppy; a little heedless inattention and it is out of hand immediately; the great thing is not to let it acquire bad habits that must afterward be broken.

It took thirty-eight years before 50 million people gained access to radios. It took television thirteen years to earn an audience that size. It took Instagram a year and a half.

Human life is something that comes to us from beyond this world, and the purpose of our society is to cherish it and to enable the individual to attain the highest achievement of which he is capable

It's ironic, I used to ride my bike to make a living. Now I just want to live so that I can ride.

Thirty spokes are joined in the wheel's hub. The hole in the middle makes it useful.

Giving works best when the Lord's portion is removed first and believers learn to live within the remainder.

Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.