Politics is a highly tribal business.

Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the “cojones” to carry our argument to the people.

My head spins. One moment I'm told I'm too edgy, then people say I'm too angry, then that I show too much passion... make your minds up.

The UK is not going to leave the European Union. Of course not. We are inextricably wound up with Europe. In terms of culture, history and geography, we are a European nation.

Do I get up every morning and ask: am I doing the things that I believe in and am I doing them for the best possible motives? Yes. Unambiguously yes.

You see people literally in a different galaxy who are paying extraordinarily low rates of tax.

What we should be doing in the EU as a whole is more economic integration in the single market, rather than less.

Voters tell politicians what they want through the ballot box. Constantly second-guessing them by speculating whether the parties should gang up on each other misses the point.

I say this as a young dad seeing children going into primary school: I don't think we should underestimate the formative effect on a child of those first years in primary school.

Growth that lasts does not threaten our children's future. It recognises that our planet is a gift that must be cherished. That tomorrow is our responsibility as much as today.

Joining the Liberal Party was a no-brainer for me... And when you are a young man, you don't get a calculator out saying, 'Am I going to get to power?' You get propelled forward by idealism.

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.

This new book is going to get itself finished— and published! You see if it doesn't.

To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.

Go see 'Hidden Figures, ' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.

I'm always more attracted to the unattractive.

I don't need any drug to show me Heaven And I sure know how to spend plenty of time cleaning Hell But I'm missin' that feeling of falling.

Fiscally I'm very conservative ... others say that I'm socially moderate.

As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without?

There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.

George Washington hated the guerrillas. He wanted to imitate the British red coat armies, fighting as gentlemen are supposed to fight.