Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

The kaleidoscope has been shaken. The pieces are in flux. Soon they will settle again. Before they do, let us re-order this world around us.

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.

I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.

There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must.

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

One of the paradoxes of globalization is that, in the developing world, we've seen massive reductions in property.

The emphasis placed by more and more companies on corporate social responsibility, symbolises the recognition that prosperity is best achieved in an inclusive society.

Usually it is through loss that the true value of anything is fully understood.

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.

When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.

All that hath been majestical In life or death, since time began, Is native in the simple heart of all, The angel heat of man.

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

The sum of all that lives is God.

I never bring a role home with me. The moment they say, 'It's a wrap,' it's gone completely. I'm a totally ruthless professional, and life is my family, not my work.

And what exotic part of the world do you come from?

Clutch the bramble and you will be pricked.

Faith, amid the disorders of a sinful life, is like the lamp burning in an ancient tomb.