We know British Muslims, in general, abhor the actions of the extremists.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

Life is neither a play nor a party. But the love of prayer.

Good news is, we're annoying him. Bad news is, we're all going to die painfully.

I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way.

Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.

There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.

Learn the fundamentals of the game and stick to them. Band-Aid remedies never last.

The Asia-Pacific Partnership is a climate suicide pact. It is playing Russian roulette with six bullets in your gun.

An amusing city, Chicago, any way you look at it. I'm afraid we are in for the time of our lives.

The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most.