Tony Blair is already secretly grinning at the prospect of his third victory. You don't have to settle for that.

The true use of history, whether civil or military, is not to make man clever for the next time, it is to make him wise forever.

The important thing when you are going to do something brave is to have someone on hand to witness it.

A common language is the most obvious binding element in any society.

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

So long as the international community consists of sovereign states, war between them remains a possibility, of which all governments have to take reasonable account.

History is what we read, write and think about the past.

Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.

I believe abortion should be available to everyone, but the law should be changed. In the past I voted for a restriction to 22 weeks, and I would be prepared to go down to 20.

We're not saying, 'We're politicians, trust us.' We know you don't trust us.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known.

If I didn't have so much of this life all wrong I would have gotten it right by now.

[On Nijinksy:] Ah, he took my breath away! The body that man had, the controlled power, the iron fragility. He was a note of music. He was dance!

love is the every only god

You only find yourself when you disobey. Disobedience is the beginning of responsibility, I think.

The pearl whose possession separates man from beast, the pearl which is the rarest find - the best among virtues - is forgiveness.

New York in a way functions as another character within the story, as it does within most of Woody Allen's stories.

I want to hit the ball and I want to get at-bats. The results really dont matter to me.

What is behind you is forgotten. You can't remember danger and difficulty when it is behind you

I'm a widower with three sons and seven grandchildren. One of my sons is my partner on the ranch.