I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.

Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.

Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.

The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone.

...my heart is a desolate field over which geese vee, the sky turns and the days lie fallow...

Just focus on me, ” I whispered to her, nipping her earlobe. “Nothing matters here but us. The way you feel. The way I feel. The way we feel together.

Charles went to kiss her shoulder.-Leave me alone! she said, you're creasing my dress.

The meaning you apply to what has happened to you is your decision. There will be critics that have their version, but God didn’t call them to be your audience, someone else did.

In love matters; keep your pen from paper.

Your words must match what you do. In so many words, you need to show sincerity with your words.

Sense of community was really fostered by Larry Laurenzano, who was a great educator.

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.

The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.