When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

When your back is against the wall, there is only one thing to do, and that is turn around and fight.

In the next ten years we will have to continue to make changes which will make the whole of this country a genuinely classless society.

I am walking over hot coals suspended over a deep pit at the bottom of which are a large number of vipers baring their fangs.

I think it's extremely unlikely that the European Union will fracture with nations dropping off the edge.

Life is full of surprises.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

Society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less.

Well, I have concerns about the effectiveness of Europe to compete.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare.

Don't be afraid of trial but don't die in your temptation.

Wars bring the best out of men, it can b good for some, bad for others but it is the best that man can offer

Looking back really does make you wonder, but the truth is it doesn't change a thing.

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother.

Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love, ' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people around the country expect.

I am as firmly convinced that religions do harm as I am that they are untrue.

When you hate someone intensely, 80% of what you think is delusion.

Bacon is like a good pair of Levi's-it never goes out of style.

One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier.