People feel that in too many ways the EU is something that is done to them, not something over which they have a say.

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.

The intolerant "true believer" is a menace to any field, yet I suspect each one of us finds traces of that person in ourself.

My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

What could be and should be can’t be until God is ready for it to be.

I remember the first time I fell in love. That rush is just overwhelming and you don't think there's ever going to be anything like it.

You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.

I'd like to have a beer-holder on my guitar like they have on boats.

I am not a Luddite. I am suspicious of technology. I am perfectly aware of its benefits, but I also try to pay attention to some of the negative effects.

What do you mean it wasn't anything? Didn't the earth move or the planets align or something? -Rose to Lissa on sleeping with Aaron