There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

I might be celibate, but I appreciate the wonder of the sacrament of marriage.

To increase aid to the Pakistan government when religious freedom is not upheld is tantamount to an anti-Christian foreign policy.

I've liked women but I've never felt I wanted to give up my life completely. I've never wanted to go to bed with anybody.

I hope that increasing numbers of Christians adopt the practice of wearing a cross in a simple and discreet way as a symbol of their beliefs.

My message to David Cameron, as the head of our government, is to seriously think again about this Robin Hood tax, the tax to help the poor by taking a little bit from the rich.

If marriage can be redefined so that it no longer means a man and a woman but two men or two women, why stop there? Why not allow three men or a woman and two men to constitute a marriage?

No Government has the moral authority to dismantle the universally understood meaning of marriage.

A butterfly is a caterpillar which refused to give up its dreams to fly.

Give a person a job you help them pay some bills, teach them how to find a career and you provide them with sustenance for life!

If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion.

Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion.

But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

I tried to walk with my head high. It was really hard.

It is not my fault that my parents own the world's largest collection of black Santas.

When you have to start compromising yourself and your morals for the people around you, it's probably time to change the people around you.

Defeatism about the past is a grievous error; defeatism about the future is a crime!