A leader has to appear consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice.

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.

I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism.

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.

Unilateral disarmament by Britain is opposed to our country's best interests, could begin the unravelling of NATO and therefore jeopardise the stability of Europe.

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take.

I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers.

You never reach the promised land. You can march towards it

Society today is so organised that every individual group has the power to disrupt it. How is their power to be channelled into constructive channels?

I always find intelligent people in the comments.

I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son (W A Mozart)is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he has taste and what is more the greatest skill in composition.

Love exists in itself, not relying on owning or being owned.

Maybe you are a memory who is supposed to live forever.

True beauty lies not upon gilded veneers, But found in the soul within.

you can get past a mistake, but it's much harder to get past being a cruel person.

I believe conspiracy theories are part of a larger conspiracy to distract us from the real conspiracy. String theory.

A life's work should be based on love.

Karma is real, it balances the universe.

It's not really a conscious decision to do a quiet album or a noisier album. It's just something that happens, I guess.