According to the reports we have gathered, mostly from the refugees, it appears that around 10,000 people have been killed in more than 100 massacres. The final toll may be much worse.

The Government have made it clear that the constitutional treaty will be ratified in the UK only after a referendum.

Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries.

In other words, the barbaric acts carried out in this building were probably almost a matter of routine.

I would be quite happy to see the Northern Alliance steam across northern Afghanistan and take Kabul.

We are well aware that he spent many hours recently tape recording various messages... we need to do a little more analysis of what was actually said to see if that indeed was in fact Saddam Hussein.

Don’t waste time. Avoid the company of wasteful people who lack the desire to achieve. Become assertive and action-oriented.

It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther.

When I was the director of Central Intelligence in the early '90s, I tried to get the Air Force to partner with us in building drones. And they didn't want to, because they had no pilots.

It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.

Moving pictures need sound as much as Beethoven symphonies need lyrics.

TV can be a long commitment.

What some name well being, if bought by perpetual nervousness about weight loss plan, is not a lot better than tedious illness.

Torture will give a dozen pence or more To keep a drab from bawling at his door. The public taste is quite a different thing Torture is positively paid to sing.

You are what you settle for.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.