You can see over time whether people are prepared to differ or not.

Britain does not normally these days play a huge part in peacekeeping.

Ambition is best tempered with self-knowledge!

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.

Obviously a Conservative government will always leave taxes lower than they have been under Labour. Those things go with the territory of the Conservative Party.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

I know people are fickle.

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

Where defining foreign policy as 'ethical' went wrong was that it implied that all decisions would be exclusive in every respect of any dealings with unethical regimes.

You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.

The beauty of the soul

Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be shaking off the sleep of a past life.

What's society going to be like when the kids today are phenomenally good at text messaging and spend a huge amount of on-screen time, but have never gone bowling together?

What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.

My sons are very protective and loving towards me, but I don't know what's in their secret minds about me.

Almost every desire a poor man has is a punishable offence.

People with a high tolerance for boredom can get a lot of thinking done.

There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes.

I caught the preacher making love to Sister Mary Lou. God's gonna getcha for that.