Throwing young men out of work, throwing people into poverty and ending business life don't promote stability in the Palestinian territories,.

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.

If you are facing some kind of temptation, remember that it is within your power to get the victory over it.

The Power of the Pen is not in the color of ink it spills

These past two days, I’ve seen a fire in your eyes that I never have before. Granted, it’s mostly anger and frustration, but it’s still emotion.

What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.

Nature is full of teeth that come in one by one, then decay, fall out.

To live in Australia permanently is rather like going to a party and dancing all night with one's mother.

I started as a writer and when I sent my demos out everyone wanted to know who was singing and if that person wanted a record deal.

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.